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echo: osdebate
to: John Beamish
from: Gary Britt
date: 2006-12-05 23:42:54
subject: Re: HP`s Time-Bombed Printheads

From: Gary Britt 

How good are the Canon printers?  How are their drivers?

Gary

John Beamish wrote:
> Or buy a Canon and refill your ink cartridges.
>
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:10:31 -0500, Gary Britt
>  wrote:
>
>> Klipsch makes speakers that die after a certain date?
>>
>> This sounds like a lousy practice, but HP's inkjet printers and their
>> software drivers are still some of the best printers around so what's
>> one to do?  Buy a lesser quality printer with overpriced ink
>> cartridges?  Buy HP printer and go with 3rd party brand ink
>> cartridges?  Maybe this chip stuff is about shutting out 3rd party ink
>> cartridges?
>>
>> I've got a pefectly good brother laser printer that originally cost
>> $140. They don't make that model any longer, but a very similar used
>> to be more expensive model now sells for around $80 on sale.  My
>> printer needs a new toner cartridge, and they want $85 for a
>> replacement cartridge at the same store where the newer used to be
>> more expensive model sells for $80 including a toner cartridge??!!!
>>
>> WTF?
>>
>> Gary

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