Ok. About one year ago, I bought a Lexmark X1270 from Wal-Mart for . It's an AIO printer and has been working just fine for a year. And it still works, there's just one problem with it (aside from the resource hog software it comes with): it has an extremely poor printed sheets >< ink cartridges ratio. This was not an issue before I started college, but now that I have, and have a lot more to print, it's faring not so greatly. It's already complaining that it's low on black and I just bought a cartridge for it less than two weeks ago. WTF?! :x This irritates me because I printed quite a lot on our old HP 2110 and even though it had its problems, I only had to buy ink for it 1-2 per year. This Lexmark crap is ridiculous. I have been looking at printers and there seems to be very little information in their reviews about how many pages per cartridge you get out of them. I wonder if there is a term for it that I should be looking for. 95% of my printing is in black and white, so I am wondering if a b&w laserjet would be something to consider. As I understand it, the ink charges for a laserjet are more expensive, but in terms of prints per cartridge you get a lot more out of them. This was the case about ten years ago, anyway. Is this still true today? I wonder if laserjets have gotten any more reasonably priced. I'm going to be printing a lot for school and I feel like I'm just pissing my money away with this Lexmark POS.
