Sir, – Frank Walsh's point about the cost of new printers vis-à-vis ink cartridges is well made (Letters, August 14th).
Living near Cardigan in Wales at the turn of the millennium, I bought, for £20, a second-hand printer from the proprietor of my usual stationery shop, and am still using it.
Mr Walsh may like to know that, rather than pay exorbitant prices for ink cartridges, you may refill your own.
However, some manufacturers are rumoured to incorporate firmware into their printers which causes them to stop working after a certain interval. Enforced obsolescence, if you like. Thankfully, my old printer was built before such appalling cynicism kicked in. – Yours, etc,
PAUL GRIFFIN,
St Helens,
Merseyside, UK.
Sir, –With so many employees working from home, I hope businesses have realised how much material was printed that never had to be distributed in physical form in the first place, and most of which ended up in the recycling bin, unmourned and unread. – Yours, etc,
PATRICIA O’RIORDAN,
Dublin 8.