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  • "Ink greed" comes back to bit Canon

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 9 12:43:54 2022
    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/

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  • From Mountain Magpies@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 9 23:59:28 2022
    On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 12:43:54 -0800 (PST), RichA posted:-

    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/


    Yes, ink greed knows no bounds, and of course complete hypocrisy as
    well.

    Thanks for posting.

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  • From newshound@21:1/5 to RichA on Mon Jan 10 21:29:52 2022
    On 09/01/2022 20:43, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/

    Does the assembled company have a view on the various "Ecotank" models
    from Epson and Canon? I avoided inkjets for a long time because of
    "dryup" problems, but I have a "cartridge" Brother that is OK apart from insisting I throw away half-full cartridges. My Lexmark colour laser is
    now showing signs of toner-greed so perhaps it is time for an eco-tank.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to newshound on Mon Jan 10 22:56:57 2022
    On Monday, 10 January 2022 at 16:29:58 UTC-5, newshound wrote:
    On 09/01/2022 20:43, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/

    Does the assembled company have a view on the various "Ecotank" models
    from Epson and Canon? I avoided inkjets for a long time because of
    "dryup" problems

    This is why lasers are sooooo much better. No dry up and CHEAP to operate. Unfortunately, wholly-unsuited to colour printing or high definition black and white.

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  • From RJH@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Jan 11 07:09:47 2022
    On 11 Jan 2022 at 06:56:57 GMT, "RichA" <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Monday, 10 January 2022 at 16:29:58 UTC-5, newshound wrote:
    On 09/01/2022 20:43, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/

    Does the assembled company have a view on the various "Ecotank" models
    from Epson and Canon? I avoided inkjets for a long time because of
    "dryup" problems

    This is why lasers are sooooo much better. No dry up and CHEAP to operate. Unfortunately, wholly-unsuited to colour printing or high definition black and
    white.

    Not sure about 'wholly unsuited' - I've printed off plenty of colour pictures that are fine for my purposes. And still on the same set of 3rd party cartridges after 5 years from a printer I bought SH for UKP25 (HP1025NW).
    --
    Cheers, Rob

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Jan 11 05:34:10 2022
    On Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 06:57:00 UTC, RichA wrote:
    On Monday, 10 January 2022 at 16:29:58 UTC-5, newshound wrote:
    On 09/01/2022 20:43, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/01/09/canon-printers-think-genuine-ink-is-counterfeit-due-to-chip-shortage/

    Does the assembled company have a view on the various "Ecotank" models
    from Epson and Canon? I avoided inkjets for a long time because of
    "dryup" problems
    This is why lasers are sooooo much better. No dry up and CHEAP to operate. Unfortunately, wholly-unsuited to colour printing or high definition black and white.

    The laser printers we use don't use toners like they used to which weren't much good for photos, the ones we have now
    (HP MFP E77660) use liquid ink which are so much better than the old colour lasers . I've not tried a comparision between an inkjet and a new ink laser
    as I haven't access to a resonable inkjet printer. I just wish I could run such a test. Don;t have any real info on how long a print would last either
    but from what I've seen they seem pretty good for most uses other than perhaps fussy photographers ;-)
    But of course they aren't cheap to buy but aren't yet aimed at the home photographer.

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to RJH on Tue Jan 11 10:15:30 2022
    In article <srjafr$qlq$[email protected]>, RJH <[email protected]> wrote:


    This is why lasers are sooooo much better. No dry up and CHEAP to operate.

    modern ink jets are economical to operate and no longer dry up or clog.

    Unfortunately, wholly-unsuited to colour printing or high definition black and
    white.

    Not sure about 'wholly unsuited' - I've printed off plenty of colour pictures that are fine for my purposes. And still on the same set of 3rd party cartridges after 5 years from a printer I bought SH for UKP25 (HP1025NW).

    lasers are suitable for business graphics, such as charts and graphs,
    where colour accuracy is unimportant.

    lasers are unsuitable for photos due to a limited gamut and difficulty
    in profiling them.

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