From: "John Beamish" 

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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