effron wrote: The biggest rip off in the history of mankind are colleges and universities, and whatever the US federal gubmint decides to spend tax dollars on. Printer ink is back in the pack with Comcast, maybe.....
garyrhook wrote: I think the author is quite naive.
Fact: printers are computing devices and expensive to design, program and manufacture. At the consumer level we get them via the same model as is used for cell phones (in the US), paying for their actual cost via consumables.
There's more to ink than "some water and pigments", especially when you consider archival quality.
Off-brand ink, in my experience, and in others' that I've heard from, does not perform the same as the ink sold by the manufacturers. Also, The inexpensive cartridges don't go as far.
I think that if you find printing at home too expensive you should go to a lab. Your purchases are going to pay someone's annual bonus no matter what; it's just a matter of deciding whose bonus.
I hope someday to afford an Epson 3880 ($1200 printer), wherein a set of cartirdges runs $500. But I won't be using it to decorate my walls; I'll be using it to create prints for purchase by clients. And therein my profit will lie.
Frankly, I find it tiresome to continually read rants over this or that alleged conspiracy (corporate or political). I like to encourage people to actually investigate and think but alas, that's often an unreasonable expectation.
Perhaps someone else will interpret the facts differently, but this is how I see things.
Jim Photo wrote: $500 for a set of ink?! How long will it last?
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