Don't buy HP Printers

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We have the MP780, iP4000, i960 and, Canon's large format work horse,
the N2000 which are all non-chipped printers. All of them use
compatible ink without any more problems than one would find using OEM
ink. I bought spare print heads and ink absorbing pads for the MP780
and iP4000 printers in anticipation of any future problems. I plan to
have them all around for a very long time.
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And I also like the earth. Why throw away all those plastic containers
containing ink every time when you can refill and cut down on landfill
waste? Certainly we should promote green activities.

"Save the Earth, refill your ink!"


Prime
 
It Who Must Not Be Named posted the exciting message [email protected]:
they can see the printer is designed by engineers to work as a system
with oem ink and works best the way it was designed. they can say that
if any foreign contamination ruins the printer they do not have to fix
it under the warranty.
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If you wanted to use the complete system designed by the manufacturer you
would not advocate the use of Costco paper, made by who knows who for use
in who knows what printers.

Prime
 
Prime said:
Evidence is mounting that HP senior management and board of directors was
shamelessly unethical in the past few years.

They spied on reporters and obtained their personal phone records.

They spied on other board members.

They spied on their employees' personal lives.

They even spied on their former CEO, Carly Fiorina.


See links:

http://news.com.com/HP+spying+more+elaborate+than+reported/2100-1014_3-
6116557.html?tag=nefd.top
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127179-page,1-c,legalissues/article.html
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/shares/international_news/178884.htm
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060918032302229
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060919011940922

Let's not support a company with ethics like this. Let's hope we can hurt
them in the pocketbook. Make a statement. And don't buy their ink, either.

Prime
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Yeah! Right! Like other companies don't do any
spying, especially, when they have massive leaks
and illegal transfer of data to the media and
other parties.

They should have just kept it quite and poisoned
the board member that leaked all the information.
But we seemed to have ?Progressed? somewhat from
the Borgia's.
 
George said:
Yeah! Right! Like other companies don't do any spying, especially,
when they have massive leaks and illegal transfer of data to the media
and other parties.
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Just take a look at the unprofessionalism that the relabelers thrust
upons by failing to properly disclose what they are selling and calling
just about anything compatible that squirts through the printer.
 
and the moon is made of swiss cheese



ha ha he takes them apart and replaces pads. he is in da business. boy
is that a mess.



they can see the printer is designed by engineers to work as a system
with oem ink and works best the way it was designed. they can say that
if any foreign contamination ruins the printer they do not have to fix
it under the warranty.



there really is no monopoly. nothing is to stop anybody from being
foolish and pour ink into carts that fit the machine. it would be
unconstitutional to inhibit them from pantented their carts and products.
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and yes they are too expensive. their standard format printers are the
right price but their wide format printers do cost too much just for the
difference in size.
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Just to satisfy my curiosity - what is your natural language? Your
spelling and grammar, in several dozen posts, suggests either it is
not English, or else you failed Junior High School English, and all
else thereafter.
 
Thus spake Prime:
"Save the Earth, refill your ink!"
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LOL! Nicely put, not that the average punter gives a toss for the
environment - I cycle a lot here in the UK & am considered to be at the
bottom of the food chain by other road users. To strengthen your argument
further - who will be around in 100yrs to enjoy our photos anyway? If there
are - at least they will know what the planet looked like!

I've been following this 3rd party v OEM debate with considerable interest
over the last couple of months. I've never used anything but Epson
cartridges in my printer. The reason being that I can get the genuine ones
tax free from the Channel Isles (ie 18 instead of 27UKP) & that I didn't
want to risk extra clogging in a fixed head printer. I concluded that:

much of what is printed out by any type of printer is pretty ephemeral
so therefore thrown away with days.
when archival quality is needed, either OEM cartridges can be swapped
back in or a dedicated printer utilised where only OEM ink is used to print
onto OEM paper by professional, dedicated or heavy users.
not all 3rd party ink is crap.
the OEMs are grossly overcharging for ink & paper.
using OEM ink on generic paper for archival work is often not a good
idea.
using a laser for general text output on cheap 80gm paper & printing
with a photo inkjet be a good idea for those who can afford to do so or do
enough printing.
batch printing photos will save on ink & cut down on cleaning cycle ink
loss.
there's a break-even point where *if* the heads *do* clog, the money
saved in buying 3rd party ink will offset the price of a new inkjet printer!
some 3rd party inks may clog more than OEM but if this was such a
serious problem as one person here would have us believe, why isn't it more
widely reported?
Wilhelm's testing methodology may well be good but I'm uncertain of his
impartiality.

I'm considering trying 3rd party inks for the 1st time due measekite's
highly entertaining & single-minded crusade for the use of these vendors &
their inks!
 
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