From: "Robert Comer" 

I've never owned a Canon that lasted over 6 months -- they all start
spitting out plastic pieces until the don't work anymore.

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Bob Comer


"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> 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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