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kick some printer a$$
I'm sick of printer manufacturers trying to scam me. I had to replace the black ink cartridge for my printer almost every two weeks. This site provided me with a nice place to take out my rage: destroyaprinter.com
Posted by PaperJammer (1 comment )
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Who cares?
Maybe they should be more worried with that study that proved printer manufacturers drivers (especially from Epson) lie about the amount of ink inside the cartridges and tell the user it is empty when it is not and many people accept that and go buy a new one.
Posted by Fil0403 (1303 comments )
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you Can cryptography prevent printer-ink piracy.Printer companies have to make money on the ink because they are losing alot of money on every single printer they sell.The "starter" cartridges you think you are saving money on by buying a new printer instead of new cartridges are just that...starters.
it is cheaper to buy the ink cartridges than replace the printer because you are getting alot less ink in a new printer.

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Posted by manojiitan12 (2 comments )
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I worked for Hewlett-Packard as an in-store sales rep for two years. It is true that with all the features that you can get in a printer now days, HP and other manufacturers sell thier printers at cost or lower in the hope that they will make more money in ink and paper sales later. Especially with in home photo printing becoming more and more popular. These ************* therefore do not like it when customers buy off-brand ink and paper. To set the record straight, HP does not sell their printers with "starter" ink anymore, they haven't in years. HP sells thier printers with a full set of ink to encourage potential buyers to buy HP. They do however, sell thier ink at too high a cost, I feel. People in recent years have wised up to the longterm costs of ownership. Competition is the only thing that can possibly encourage HP to lower their cost of ink and paper. In Europe, HP has been forced to come up with a larger cartridge for their multi-color Photosmart printer series that sells for less than the standard cartridge does in the States. Do to competition in Europe. You can't blame the big manufacturers for all your ink cost problems though. It is true that ink is inexpensive to manufacture, but these companies have other costs to fund. HP alone, spends around $1 billion a year on research and development. Without that, we wouldn't be enjoying these cool new photo printers in our homes. The companys that sell you the really cheap ink don't pay for anything but the manufacturing process itself. They don't even have advertising costs. Bottom line, I agree that HP and others overprice their ink, but have you ever wondered why the company that make the off-brand ink doesn't sell their own printer? There's no profit in it.
Posted by fdavidmiller2 (1 comment )
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How can the printer manufacturers force you to use OEM ink? That sounds to me like restraint of trade, which is, I believe, illegal.
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