From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Well someone asked HP that on their forum in Oct and so far no HP response

http://h41186.www4.hp.com/country/us/en/forums/tree_display.html?forum_id=4&pos
ting_id=72477

Am I the only one who feels ripped off by the prinheads
"expiring" within days of the date stamped on them. This printer
is used VERY lightly as in maybe 100 prints a year. To have to buy a
complete set of printheads because they are chipped to die on a certain
date seems like it would almost be illegal.

"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
message news:4575e23f{at}w3.nls.net...
> Is this for real? Seems really fucked up, even for a marketoid thinking...
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> Antti Kurenniemi
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> "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?s
ource=NLC-GRIPE2006-12-05
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>>
>> 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.
>>
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>>
>> "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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