Re: There goes the profit center

From: John Smith (a_at_nonymous.com)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:12:40 -0500

John Vottero wrote:
> "Nigel Barker" <nigel@hp.com> wrote in message
> news:gsko119l4snmr6truk5rcbi3tbods0jp1i@4ax.com...
>>
>> I heard of this several years ago but in relation to laser toner
>> cartridges. It
>> does make sense to have some sort of expiry date as toner becomes
>> caked & ink
>> dries out over time.
>>
>
> It still makes no sense. Let the consumer decide if the print
> quality is acceptable. If the toner is caked, you'll get uneven
> printing but your printer will NOT burst into flames. There might be
> some slim chance that old toner could damage the print drum but, the
> drum is part of the cartridge!
>
> I can see how old ink might clog a print head but, every inkjet
> cartridge I've ever seen the print head is part of the cartridge so
> who cares if it gets clogged?
>
> It's all about profit.

Some of the larger color multifunction units have separate print heads. They
are ostensibly designed for use on networks for small workgroups, so having
separate print heads with longer replacement intervals makes sense.

That said, the quality of HP's printer drivers in the Windows environment
leaves a lot to be desired - conflicts if you have certain b&w lasers and
color printers installed on the same machine, network functionality that is
flaky, network discovery issues, etc..... They are better than they once
were but there's still room for LOTS of improvement - even for some of the
newest printers. 

--
OpenVMS - The classics never go out of style.

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