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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS16 just asked for a printer in the house - and it isn't in our existing budget.

We have not had an in home printer for years - our experience was that ink was expensive, and just dried up before getting used.

We want to support his needs - but also want to do so in a way that isn't wasteful.

Do your high school students print at school? At home? If the latter, what solutions do you have - type of printer, frequency of ink purchase, etc...?[/quote]

Of course you need a printer at home when you have a school age kid. Printing all kinds
of materials are very helpful in all kinds of ways outside and within the school spectrum.
Printer is essential tool like a pen or computer. It allows you immediately print materials
that you need and have them at your disposal as needed.

Printing outside of the house causes hardship on a kid and oftentimes hinders learning.
It is essential for research and for creative education. Also it is great for expanding
child's horizons.

Black and white printing is very inexpensive and color is not that expensive either
however to make some budgeting you can restrict color printing of big full color
pages but you should not restrict black and white text printing ever.

You can buy very economical printers that print tons of pages per cartridge.

If I were you I would just buy the cheapest printer but with few things in mind:
- it would need to have an option for separate black cartrage along with color ones
as if you have only color ones and no black, the printer uses colors to print in black
so it is expensive.
-I would stay away from Epson who has nice printers but my experience is that
as opposed to HP their heads do tend to dry between uses and it sucks and is very
frustrating therefore causes problems. 
- HP printers you can have sitting for months without use if you have to and
their heads do not dry as Epson  so you can just go straight to printing some stuff.

Printing outside is more expensive then printing at home, if it is not about money
then it is about time, if  your child has to go places and look for free option,
it takes away tons of money from resting, and studying and relaxing and all that
kid needs so it is a total waste of life. Average school kid can run on one
set of cartridges for solid few months sometimes even a year if they print
only few pages a week.

This is random HP basic work horse printer that cost 59 bucks at Best Buy, it will 
do for the very basic home use without any problems and will last you years.
many people use this kind of printers for kids or family use because it is really
good basic printer. Picture come so so but it is not ideal for photo printing
but your school papers will do just fine.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-envy-5055-all-in-one-instant-ink-ready-printer-black/6191401.p?skuId=6191401&ref=212&loc=1&ref=212&loc=1&msclkid=6ba64f6bb5c91b76f906128781d4eceb&gclid=CIvo8_fWpOYCFZLzswodYasKLQ&gclsrc=ds

It takes two cartrages - one is color and the other is black ink 
each can be bought individually at  15 bucks more less
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-65-ink-cartridge-black/5301900.p?skuId=5301900

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-65-ink-cartridge-cyan-magenta-yellow/5301800.p?skuId=5301800

or both in one paper box for bit less
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-65-2-pack-ink-cartridges-multicolor-black/5303000.p?skuId=5303000

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