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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy
Are there stores where we can still get color prints (photos) as needed? If so I would definitely switch to a b&w laser printer now that my very old ink jet printer is not compatible with my new MacBook Air. The ink jet printer cartridges are crazy expensive.
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Plenty. But you pay a premium for the privilege. To print a color page (such as a flyer or mailer) on standard paper, it's 75 cents. If you want it on good paper, it's more, and if you want it on photo paper, it's a couple of dollars. That's all single-side, color print, just one copy.
Plus the time you have to spend GOING to the print shop to use their machine (if you want them to do all the work it costs even more), and the few cents worth of gas to drive there (or electricity if you have an EV). If it's busy that day, add more time to wait in line.
Or - you could have a printer in your house and not have to leave, have all the supplies you need right there.
In addition, if you have an HP ink printer, you could sign up for Instant Ink and for $1.99/month you can print up to 10 pages per month, and they send you more ink when yours runs low. If it dries out, you call them and they overnight you a replacement. You don't pay extra for the ink itself, it's just $1.99/month for 10 pages printed, color or black and white. If you don't use all 10 pages one month, it carries over to the next month. I believe you can carry over up to 2 months worth of pages. So if you need to print invitations, you could even plan in advance to save pages and print them all out. Or you can up the subscription to 50 pages at $4.99/month, and then drop back down to a 10/month plan when you've gotten all your invitations printed out.
I've been using instant ink for years and it's a pretty flawless system.