My main printer crapped out yesterday. It was a 4-5 year old HP OfficeJet. It was a pretty darn good printer while it lasted, but the print mechanism just quit working. Not worth trying to get it fixed. I have a backup, but the ink in that on was out, and I had not bought refills, as I was in no rush to buy ink for my backup... BIG MISTAKE!
The reason for posting this thread is to ALERT you to shortages that might affect you. NO PLACE in town had ink cartridges for my relatively new backup printer. They were not only out of the cartridges for my HP printer, but they were out of HP cartridges for MOST HP printers, and they were also out of their own branded cartridges for many HP printers. So I had to order the ink cartridges for my backup printer. We’ll see if I get them anytime soon.
Here’s the kicker... I also wanted to buy a replacement for my primary printer that crapped out. I found some good HP models that would meet my specs, but guess what? None were available. All out of stock. The salesman said they had a run on them early in the pandemic, and sold out. Now they can’t get replacements because they come from CHINA! The ink cartridges come from CHINA too.
There were other brands of printers in stock, but not very many that met my specs. Before buying ANYTHING, I checked to see if there was an ample supply of replacement ink cartridges. In many cases, there was not. I ended up buying an Epson Work Force model that will work fine, and I also purchased a quantity of replacement ink cartridges.
The fact is, I don’t really do that much printing, but when you need a paper copy, not having printing/copying capability is a PITA. It was a ordeal, just to get something I could use.
Just thought I’d let everyone know so you can plan accordingly.
The reason for posting this thread is to ALERT you to shortages that might affect you. NO PLACE in town had ink cartridges for my relatively new backup printer. They were not only out of the cartridges for my HP printer, but they were out of HP cartridges for MOST HP printers, and they were also out of their own branded cartridges for many HP printers. So I had to order the ink cartridges for my backup printer. We’ll see if I get them anytime soon.
Here’s the kicker... I also wanted to buy a replacement for my primary printer that crapped out. I found some good HP models that would meet my specs, but guess what? None were available. All out of stock. The salesman said they had a run on them early in the pandemic, and sold out. Now they can’t get replacements because they come from CHINA! The ink cartridges come from CHINA too.
There were other brands of printers in stock, but not very many that met my specs. Before buying ANYTHING, I checked to see if there was an ample supply of replacement ink cartridges. In many cases, there was not. I ended up buying an Epson Work Force model that will work fine, and I also purchased a quantity of replacement ink cartridges.
The fact is, I don’t really do that much printing, but when you need a paper copy, not having printing/copying capability is a PITA. It was a ordeal, just to get something I could use.
Just thought I’d let everyone know so you can plan accordingly.
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