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what is a cheap printer for just printing black and white documents with refillable ink cartridges?

I just need someething basic right now to print out documents/shipping labels etc...

down the road I will invest in a high quality printer for blu ray and dvd artwork in the future but I don't need that yet I just need something cheap with refillable ink carts just to do basic things for now.= (mostly black and white)

Update:

wifi would be nice

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  • Lv 7
    1 month ago

    there are no refillable ink printers that do black and white.

    if you plan on printing tons of pages, get a laserjet printer.

    otherwise, just buy a cheap inkjet. be sure you set it to greyscale so that it prints only black ink.

  • keerok
    Lv 7
    1 month ago

    A bottom of the barrel model of laser printer from Brother, preferably one that's no longer in production and is on super low sale. You know you found one when the price of the brand new printer is lower than the price of the replacement toner cartridge.

  • 1 month ago

    a low end laser printer fits that bill and the toner costs less per page than refilling ink.  look for the $50 [US] model

  • 1 month ago

    Consider alternatives. 

    Laser printers may be initially more expensive. But, if you do a lot of printing, toner will cost less than inkjet ink. You'll save in the long run.

    You could also consider printers that use ribbons instead of ink. Impact printers can print on multipart forms. Daisy wheel printers have good quality printing, but you are limited to the characters on the wheel. Dot matrix printers with wire print heads are more flexible.

    You can buy small thermal printers specifically made to print labels.

  • Anonymous
    1 month ago

    No such thing. "Cheap" printers are subsidized by the sales of expensive, proprietary cartridges. If you really need something cheap, get a thermal printer.

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