[ale] ink expired?!?!?

[Jim Popovitch]

On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 15:45 -0500, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 09:04 -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote: 
> > Of all the low down, rat fink, dirty scum-bag....
> > 
> > HP has now put in an expiration date in the ink cartridges so the
> > printer quits working if you haven't replaced the cartridges in several
> > months.
> > 
> > I have a very expensive multi-function HP OfficeJet 9300 that uses
> > separate ink tanks and separate print heads. The ink tanks STILL HAVE
> > INK!!! 
> 
> What?!  This is insane.  Why manufacturers think that they can do
> things to screw their customers and keep their businesses is beyond
> me.

Perhaps it wasn't the mfgs attempt to screw their customers, but rather
an effort to reduce support costs involved with folks who only printed a
few pages here and there, then 2 years later complained that ink from
their original ink cartridge had dried and clogged the printer head.  I
would bet that if you read up on ink cartridges there is probably some
notes on recommended usable life span, after all they do come in some
pretty environmentally protected packaging and probably can sit around
open for decades.

BTW, What is up with all the HTML emails these days?

-Jim P.


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