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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 2160343" data-attributes="member: 20741">One further note on map drawing and printing:The HP LaserJet 2550L Colour Laser Printer was on sale last week at Future Shop in Canada for $379 CDN.&nbsp; The sale was an instant rebate - not a mail in one&nbsp; - I presume this preceded either an increase in inventory of HP or a move to a new model in this line.The laser printer's cartidges normally support 4000 pages per load out; on the ones that come with the printer initially, the page limit is 2000 or so.&nbsp; A refilled toner cartridge, for all 4, is about $200 CDN.The consumable cost on color laser is still substantial - but with toner refilling you can get the price down to FIVE (.05) cents a page.If these sales are on in Canada - I imagine they are on in the USA as well.&nbsp; The 2550L creates brilliantly clear output in color and in black at 600dpi.&nbsp; The sale price moved the printer below the cost of HP's basic black home office laser printer.In the next few years, we can expect to see the cost of color laser printers continue to decrease and become far more practical for home use.&nbsp; $1 buck a page at Kinkos is not very nice - but a nickel a page at home?&nbsp; That's affordable to a lot of ENWorlders.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 2160343, member: 20741"] One further note on map drawing and printing: The HP LaserJet 2550L Colour Laser Printer was on sale last week at Future Shop in Canada for $379 CDN. The sale was an instant rebate - not a mail in one - I presume this preceded either an increase in inventory of HP or a move to a new model in this line. The laser printer's cartidges normally support 4000 pages per load out; on the ones that come with the printer initially, the page limit is 2000 or so. A refilled toner cartridge, for all 4, is about $200 CDN. The consumable cost on color laser is still substantial - but with toner refilling you can get the price down to FIVE (.05) cents a page. If these sales are on in Canada - I imagine they are on in the USA as well. The 2550L creates brilliantly clear output in color and in black at 600dpi. The sale price moved the printer below the cost of HP's basic black home office laser printer. In the next few years, we can expect to see the cost of color laser printers continue to decrease and become far more practical for home use. $1 buck a page at Kinkos is not very nice - but a nickel a page at home? That's affordable to a lot of ENWorlders. [/QUOTE]

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