Friday, April 22, 2005

It Figures

Okay, this is not another profound statement on the human condition, but I just had to share this: It's an old story, but I'll bet it is as true today as it was in 2003:

Printer ink costs more than vintage champagne!
"Ink for home printers is seven times more expensive than vintage champagne and many cartridges say they are empty long before they are... Embedded in Epson's ink cartridges are microchips that stop the printer working when the ink runs out... by using a £20 tool, it was possible to reset the chips that were reporting themselves empty and to print 38 per cent more pages."
Damn! If you can't trust your own printer, who can you trust?

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey, correct me if I am wrong, but don't potato chips cost more than prime cuts of steak per pound?

Sar said...

Trust No One! - Fox Mulder

Sorry, that was just the X-Files fan in me slipping out. :)

Watch 'n Wait said...

Had that problem. Switched to a Lexmark printer. Ink lasts and lasts and lasts... :)))

SheaNC said...

Hey, Watch 'n Wait, which model did you get? Was it the 5250 all-in-one by any chance?