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We have a Konica Minolta 2450 color laser printer. Rock-solid performer, a good citizen on the network, true PostScript, excellent color reproduction.<\/p>\nWe have a Konica Minolta 2450 color laser printer. Rock-solid performer, a good citizen on the network, true PostScript, excellent color reproduction.<\/p>\n
And, as of today, we also have a Konica Minolta 2550 color laser printer — which is essentially the same model.<\/p>\n
Why on earth do we have two<\/i> color laser printers?<\/p>\n
Because we needed a new drum cartridge, and we were running low on al four colors of toner. Big deal, right? It’s just consumables.<\/p>\n
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Here’s the thing: Four high-capacity toner cartridges plus a new drum cartridge would have run $471 at the best on-line price I could find.<\/p>\n
The brand new 2550 printer, which uses the same consumables as the 2450 — and comes with them pre-installed — was $435, shipped.<\/p>\n
I saved $36 and got a free printer in the deal. I would have bought two, except the next time I do this the spread between consumables and the full package will be even greater.<\/p>\n
In the mean time, I have to decide if I want to try to sell the new printer new-in-box without the consumables or sell the old printer as a parts solution to someone who already has one or more of the discontinued 2450 model.<\/p>\n
Is this insane? The idea was that you would give the razor away and make your money on the blades. But if the razor plus<\/i> the blades is cheaper than the blades by themselves, we’d be fools not to buy more razors.
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