• the_q@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    A lot of folks don’t know this, but your local library very likely has printing services for dirt cheap.

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      11 months ago

      sometimes i think about buying a printer and then i remember my library let’s me print 10 pages per day for free then it’s 15¢ for each additional page

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        11 months ago

        That’s a great perk that you can save by printing at the library. I don’t know that it’s feasible for most, or really anyone not on a school campus or living next door to a library. To the rest of us, I recommend a used laser printer for 50 dollars. There’s probably still enough toner in it to print 500-1000 more pages of text.

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          11 months ago

          idk for most people, a library is no further than the grocery store

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            3 months ago

            I live in the equivalent of an American suburb.

            I’d have to go into town to the library. It’s too far to walk, I’d have to drive, which would mean fuel and then parking fees.

            Or I could take public transport, which would be two buses or a bus and a tram. The connections aren’t the best, so the journey into town takes at least an hour, then the same shit home.

            All for a few printed pages.

            My local grocery store is ten minutes on foot.

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      11 months ago

      Just recycled my printer due to this. Totally worth the inconvenience to not support shitty practices and the environmental impact of so many personal printers that only get used once or twice a year before ink dries.