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Tass Times in Toner Town

Chapter: Random

I just paid $80 for a replacement toner for my Brother laser printer. The printer costs $150. TECHNOLOGY.

And if you get the reference in today’s blog title, you win a gold star.

-Krishna

Krishna August 23, 2013 Bob, expensive, printer, toner cartridge

These beautiful and intelligent people wrote

SoItBeginsReply
August 23, 2013 at 2:24 am
Hey, I have a guide for that game! I’ve never actually played the game, though.
- Krishna M. Sadasivam Reply
  August 23, 2013 at 9:39 am
  I played the game on my Uncle’s IIGS years ago. It was pretty fun, as I recall. Alas, I never finished the game…
MikkoReply
August 23, 2013 at 2:59 am
It’s the same thing with ink printers the ink costs more than the finest champagne per litre
- JIMFanReply
  August 23, 2013 at 8:21 am
  Yeah, but I found out the hard way; don’t try to fill your inkjet printer with champagne – it gets REALLY messy!! ;-)
  - CoyotyReply
    August 23, 2013 at 9:10 am
    Don’t fill your champagne bottles with ink either.
    - MikkoReply
      August 23, 2013 at 9:46 am
      Don’t drink the ink
Jake EskelReply
August 23, 2013 at 7:35 am
We just buy cheap printers on slickdeals, and then buy either off-brand toner, or we buy new printers every time the toner runs out. 20 dollars a pop, either way!
- Krishna M. Sadasivam Reply
  August 24, 2013 at 9:53 am
  I’ve tried off-brand toners for the previous Brother printer I owned. It damaged my then 7 year old printer, forcing me to buy a new one. I wound up buying an XL toner.
Jeff BurkholderReply
August 23, 2013 at 8:36 am
Haha, Tass Times in Tonetown! I loved that game. In fact, I think I still have the disk for my Apple IIGS somewhere in the basement… Might have to get that up and running this weekend. ;)
Brian_M_CDNReply
August 23, 2013 at 11:54 am
Of course, the toner that comes with the printers is usually 1/2 or less of a standard cartridge. Buy the XL’s and you get 4x or more the toner. (I’ve gone more than a year on the last XL I purchased, was about 4 months on the one that came with the printer)
Neil linnertReply
August 28, 2013 at 3:55 am
Good cartoon. Obsolesence is built into everthing!
There’s a great documentary on it on You Tube, called
‘The Light Bulb Conspiracy’
Great work Krishna.