On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:27:57PM -0500, Bill Gillooly wrote: >I just looked at a desktop ink jet (not for photos). The printer sells >for $79 and a replacement set of ink costs $65. > >Would we be happier if the printer sold for $300 and the replacement ink > sold for $65?
For starters, I make prints of images taken on my EOS 20D. Ok, now that I'm on topic for the list... The problem isn't that the printers are cheap, and the ink is expensive. The problem is that the printers are cheap, and so is the ink, but the cost you pay doesn't reflect the reality. There is a lot of money to be made by gouging people for proprietary consumables. I think we are looking for a sunny day ahead, however. Printers and P&S digital cameras are proliferating like never before, and the tremendous base of users with digital imaging in the home will cause actual comptetion to happen, which will hopefully cause ink prices to be more grounded in reality. -- void *(*(*schlake(void *))[])(void *); * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
