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HP is the worst (lemmy.world)
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[-] Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That's why i just buy a new printer each time. Fuck them

[-] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is that’s basically what they encourage. So wasteful. Because they want you on a subscription model.

[-] idle@158436977.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

That's playing into the system. Buy a decent laser printer and be done.

[-] Screwthehole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This isn't cheaper for the consumer

[-] Saneless@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sure it is. Replacing all the ink is the same price or more

[-] Screwthehole@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You don't get the same quantity of ink in the cartridges.

When I used to sell computer equipment, I knew the numbers and while I don't know them specifically now, I can assure you the multi billion dollar companies didn't start putting more ink in the cartridges that come with their printers. They are starter cartridges and print only a portion of the pages replacement cartridges will print. In my day, the cartridges that came with Epson, canon, Lexmark, and HP (the brands we sold) typically had 20-30% of the capacity. Once in awhile Epson would sell a printer with full cartridges as a promo.

[-] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, you've already made a bad choice going with an inkjet. Buying more ink is a bad decision. So is buying a new printer but you might get better features

And if anything you're part of a nice metric that shows buying replacement ink isn't happening

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