[ale] ink expired?!?!?

[James P. Kinney III]

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.

Needless to say, I about popped a gasket. HP continues to simultaneously
amaze and infuriate me. While they do evil deeds like make 1/2 full ink
tanks "expire" (it printed just fine - a photo even - a day or so
earlier) they also have a dual-core AMD Turian laptop that can be
ordered with FreeDos as the installed OS (saving $100 on no M$). They
even list them as Novel/SUSE rated devices.
> 
>     -- Mike
> 
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James P. Kinney III          
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