[NTLUG:Discuss] USB Scanner Question

[Steve Baker]

Fred wrote:
> Oh, yeah... HP DeskJet F2210, listed at $29 on their web site, $24 in store.
> The knock-off replacement ink cartridges cost $35, so buy as many printers 
> as you want, when the ink runs out, change out the printer. It's cheaper.
>   
Not really - the ink cartridge that comes with the printer isn't full.  
They only fill them enough to allow the store to run a few demo prints.  
Mine ran out after a dozen pages.

I really wish printer manufacturers would stop this silly game.   I'd 
much prefer to pay whatever the printer costs to make - plus a 
reasonable profit margin - and then pay for the ink cartridges at their 
"real" cost.   I'm happy to pay $200 for a printer - providing the ink 
cartridges cost $10...which is about what they're really worth.

  -- Steve.