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Originally Posted by Bladewire
It's sad how the printer industry has turned into such a scam. I've been through so many fucking printers and I hardly ever print anything. The latest is a Kodak Hero printer that expires your ink cartridge after a certain period of time even though it's perfectly fine to use. I packed it but still the printer industry and the ink industry such a fucking rip-off fuck all those fucking assholes!
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Many years ago I worked for Tektronix in their printer division. The area I worked in made printers that used solid ink. The printers sold for $1500 and at that price the company was selling them at a loss. However, they sold the ink for about $100 per color and it needed 4 colors so it was about $400 for three sticks of ink. Their cost on that $400 ink was less than $5. Pretty crazy margins.