From: mike 


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?s
ource=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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