win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Mon, 8/4/08, Jeffrey Watts <jeffrey.w.watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think given that regular old printers are plentiful, 
> in the end the world won't be a bad place if winprinters 
> become unusable.

And in the spirit of new information, what do you consider to be a good "regular old printer", and are such printers available on the sub-$100 end of the cost spectrum?

No sarcasm, no flippancy, merely a genuine request for information.