Most cartridges have a chip on them and the driver software complains if your using a non-oem cartridge. Or it's hard to find a aftermarket cartridge that fits correctly or works reliably due to Canon or Epson's design. If Epson/Canon sold more afordable cartridges, I'd buy them but replacing ink these days is almost as expensive as the printer itself!
2007-01-21 11:18:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
No recent consumer level ink jet models that I'm aware of allow after-market ink cartridges. This is specifically because it's cheaper to design a cartridge that can't be duplicated or re-filled then it is to allow competition into the market.
Because of this, printer manufacturers have a monopoly on the cartridges and can charge huge amounts of money for cartridges even though they cost little to make.
Because of this monopoly, there's no way to get a computer printer that won't cost you a huge amount of money in consumables.
I would support legislation that requires printer manufacturers to use Standard Type 1 print cartridges (to be defined) and require that the profit margin be no more than %50 of the price of materials and workmanship in producing said cartridge.
To the printer manufacturers: Hey, you charge us a lot of money for these things. This legislation wouldn't be required if you cared about the customer, a.k.a. your source of income. Competition is part of capitalism. Preventing competition is akin to communism. Are you guys capitalists or are you communists?
2007-01-21 11:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jack Schitt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
epson should be sued for their interference with a persons right to use aftermarket ink. dont buy one.
2007-01-21 19:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋