I'd heard stories about how in some cases the price of refills for inkjet
printers was more than the original cost of the printer.  Now I've finally
encountered such a situation...

From the ads in Sunday's paper,  I see that Target is now selling a Lexmark
printer for the astounding sum of $24.  A black ink refill is around $30, 
and a color one around $35.

Unfortunately,  this thing also needs a USB interface,  which is going to
add somewhat to the cost for me.  Still probably beats me spending much
effort to get that ailing laster printer fixed,  though...

I remember reading about one mfr that put a chip in their cartridges,  and
then filed for copyright infringement when some aftermarket supplier tried
to give equivalent functionality.  I'm thinking this was Lexmark,  but am
not sure.  Anybody know?

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