The reason your car puts the “E” light on with a few gallons to go is because running your car low on gas damages the fuel pump. A lot of people are trying to fill up less because of gas prices, but this does not save money in the long run.

Running a car low on gas (less than 1/4 of a tank repeatedly), or running it out of gas can cause the fuel pump to fail. Cost of a fuel pump? Anywhere from $85-$500, depending on your type of vehicle and whether or not you do the work yourself.

I think it’s pretty silly of ABC to have printed that article without getting information from a mechanic. There is more than just a “cushion” at stake when you let the tank run low.

For one, I print long posts in order to edit them. I have real trouble editing large blocks of text on the computer, so I like to print them and edit by hand.

I also print each month’s submission to the Writer’s Guild.

I know there’s other stuff I print, but I can’t think of what…

At work, I buy remanufactured cartridges for the whole office. Every once in a while you get a bad one and you have to toss it, but it’s still way cheaper than buying brand new ones all the time.

Laser printers are much cheaper per page anyway.

JB

-Tabs

As for saving money on toner, my secret weapon is an ancient Lexmark 4039 printer (a design they inherited from IBM that predates all the shenanigans). I bought it slightly used in 1996. It’s just now started showing signs of wearing out, 12 years later. It’s still usable but the paper sensor doesn’t work right, so it forgets that it has letter-size paper loaded.

Buying a used business-class printer is a good strategy if you can find one in nice shape. A demo unit of a recently discontinued model would be a good choice. Secondhand but factory sealed toner cartridges are widely available from all the usual sources (eBay, Amazon) often for 1/3 their original retail cost. They turn up on the market after businesses dump their printers but still have leftover toner cartridges.

When I use toner saver mode, I can get more than the advertised 7,000 pages out of a standard cartridge. And since I usually pay about $60 for that cartridge, the paper literally costs more than the toner.

Isn’t it great?!

I guess that’s one way to be frugal.

Unless you’re in a dead tree profession, it’s pretty easy to get along without one.

Or if you’re a college student and your professors are older than dead trees.

Or if you want to show things from the internet to old people who can’t see well without a magnifying glass.

Or if your wife wants to be able to print pictures at midnight so she can make a photo album for someone. (I know…it’s not frugal at all to print your own pictures, but sometimes you do not frugal things to satisfy the wife.)

I long for the day when I can do without a printer and be paperless…but that day hasn’t arrived yet for me

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RDS
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