Good ink efficient printer

I was wondering if anyone knew about a good printer that is ink efficient and compatible with Windows 7 for around $50?

The new Kodak printers claim to have made significant strides in bringing down the cost of ink, but I can't speak to this from personal experience, and you won't get one of those printers for $50.

Thanks guys. So from all the information I have gathered, I have learned a few things...

1. Printers are expensive
2. Not one printer is liked by every person
3. You have to spend many to save money on printers in the long run.

osholt said:

I'm afraid that you're going to be stuck on this.

The cost of the printer is not dictated by the price of the printer itself but the cost to run it.

There is no such thing as cheap printer ink.

The cheapest kind of printer to run is a thermal printer but this can only do black and white, requires special paper and is not suited to hot conditions due to its nature.

The cost of the special paper and the price of the electricity to heat the paper correctly is less than buying normal paper and inkjet printer ink.

In short almost all printers under $50 will be expensive to run. Printers are expensive generally.

Oli

Just to be sure, is this considered a thermal printer??
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_1...&blockType=G11

I remember recently some small research was conducted and found that it was actually cheaper in some cases to buy a new printer each time your ink runs out than it is to buy new ink.

shortmantuff said:

osholt said:

I'm afraid that you're going to be stuck on this.

The cost of the printer is not dictated by the price of the printer itself but the cost to run it.

There is no such thing as cheap printer ink.

The cheapest kind of printer to run is a thermal printer but this can only do black and white, requires special paper and is not suited to hot conditions due to its nature.

The cost of the special paper and the price of the electricity to heat the paper correctly is less than buying normal paper and inkjet printer ink.

In short almost all printers under $50 will be expensive to run. Printers are expensive generally.

Oli

Just to be sure, is this considered a thermal printer??
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_1...&blockType=G11

Not at all. That's an ink-jet printer, through and through.

Barman58 said:

Darician said:

I remember recently some small research was conducted and found that it was actually cheaper in some cases to buy a new printer each time your ink runs out than it is to buy new ink.

Unfortunately I think the printer manufactures read the same report and most now supply a "special" first use cartridge set - one with considerably less ink that a normal set.

I'm sure they have an excuse such as this providing a longer shelf life when sold with printers, that tend to be on the shelf longer but Grrrrr

That is actually the common excuse I do hear as of late.