From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

That's a shame really.


Antti Kurenniemi

"mike"  wrote in message
news:g6vbn2hhamepj41f4f0ql6tkc9pum6f0tv{at}4ax.com...
>
> The HP nowadays is related to the HP we used to know only in the
> similarity of the name.
>
> /m
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:09:54 +0200, "Antti Kurenniemi"
>  wrote:
>
>>Is this for real? Seems really fucked up, even for a marketoid thinking...
>>
>>
>>Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>>"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>news:4575ce1d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> First HP timebombs the print tanks now, not satisfied,  they target the
>>> printheads.  Hopefully their printer sales will timebomb
>>>
>>>
http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2006/12/hps_timebombed.html?
source=NLC-GRIPE2006-12-05
>>>
>>>
>>> It's not that much of a surprise anymore to discover printer
>>> manufacturers
>>> embedding chips in their ink cartridges to force customers to buy more
>>> consumables. But one reader feels that HP went a little too far when it
>>> included an automatic expiration date in the printheads as well in one
>>> of
>>> its high-end ink jet models.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "I have an HP DesignJet 10PS that I paid a considerable
sum of money
>>> for,"
>>> the reader wrote. "This printer is used for the printing
of color proofs
>>> for a printing firm and is driven by a specialized RIP driver. What
>>> makes
>>> me mad as hell is that the printheads are supposed to have a life of
>>> 25,000 prints. What they don't tell you when you buy the printer is that
>>> within a few days of a date stamped on the printheads, the printheads
>>> will
>>> die. The same seems to apply for the ink tanks."
>>>
>>> ..
>>>
>>> As the reader uses the printer only for occasional jobs, the cost of
>>> having to replace printheads and ink cartridges every two years is
>>> particularly grating. "The printer gets light use, so I
figure that it
>>> costs me about $20.00 per print when I factor in the time bomb in the
>>> printheads. And I can't buy spares for fear they will time out before
>>> installation. Why can't they sell a printer that works until things wear
>>> out instead of putting a time bomb chip in the parts? What ever happened
>>> to the leader in printing solutions? RIP HP, I will never buy from you
>>> again, nor will I let a client make the mistake of buying an HP
>>> printer."
>>>
>>>
>>

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