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Corvin · 10.07.2003., 09:20

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Printer manufacturer EPSON was caught with their pants down today, and not a little.

Here in the Netherlands we have a very important 'consumer watch' entity which test many products and business in many ways. What did they discover .. you know the formula right ? Buy a printer cheap and sell the inkt-cartridges for a lot of money. Well, it seems that EPSON implemented a small chip on the cartridges a while ago that will prevent the cartridge from printing after a number of prints.

So basically you think your cartridge is emtpy, your PC will actually report it, then you replace it with another 35-40 dollar cartridge(s) right ? Well, it seems that the remaining ink in the 'emtpy' cartridge is good for another 30 to 100 pages !

EPSON was caught red handed, the consumer watch recommends consumer not to buy Epson printer anymore and I agree, the prices for ink are so ridiculously high and with that in mind EPSON pulls this trick, ridiculous.

I just wonder if EPSON is the only one doing this trick, or perhaps it's the entire inkjet mafia.

10.07.2003., 09:20	#1
Corvin Premium Datum registracije: Nov 2001 Lokacija: Zagreb, Hrvatska Postovi: 144	Lopovi iz Epsona Ovo sve objašnjava: Printer manufacturer EPSON was caught with their pants down today, and not a little. Here in the Netherlands we have a very important 'consumer watch' entity which test many products and business in many ways. What did they discover .. you know the formula right ? Buy a printer cheap and sell the inkt-cartridges for a lot of money. Well, it seems that EPSON implemented a small chip on the cartridges a while ago that will prevent the cartridge from printing after a number of prints. So basically you think your cartridge is emtpy, your PC will actually report it, then you replace it with another 35-40 dollar cartridge(s) right ? Well, it seems that the remaining ink in the 'emtpy' cartridge is good for another 30 to 100 pages ! EPSON was caught red handed, the consumer watch recommends consumer not to buy Epson printer anymore and I agree, the prices for ink are so ridiculously high and with that in mind EPSON pulls this trick, ridiculous. I just wonder if EPSON is the only one doing this trick, or perhaps it's the entire inkjet mafia.