On Sun, 2014-03-16 at 01:45 +1030, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 15 March 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > > I used to own a Photosmart and it worked fine but I found that despite > > never printing in colour I would still have to replace colour > > cartridges all the time. Clearly a scam IMHO, which is why I decided > > to switch. > > I used to have a HP, and a Canon, that both did that. After the Canon > clogged up, I decided I'd stick with laser printers, only. > > It occurred to me, later on, that I probably should have pulled the > colour ink tanks out, soaked them in water overnight, just to keep the > moisture sensor fooled into thinking there was still ink in the tanks. > > Inkjets are a huge money waster. Tiny, expensive, ink tanks. They dry > out without use. They go through more than half of their ink in > repetitive cleaning cycles (if you rarely ever print in colour, if you > did print in colour, that proportion would be less, as you'd actually be > using some of that ink). And you have continual head clogs, some of > which just will not clear.
Amen to all that. And many of them use an in-cartridge chip to foil aftermarket suppliers. Urban legend is that inkjet cartridges cost more per litre than the finest champagne. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
