Well, I think today's HP gets a Gold Medal in that competition! Like Howard, I have a still going strong HP LJ4000 I bought in 1997. I understand business HAVE to make money or there's no business. But, take it too far the other way and you lose more business because no one wants your crap products anymore. The OJ8500 is a prime example. To replace the color and black cartridges can nix you for upwards of $80+ (if you buy from a typical brick-n-mortar outlet). I bought a yellow for it once, and it leaked the whole cartridge out into the guts of the printers. I wonder if the engineered that too? :) All I know is that I will not buy any more HP.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Farnsworth Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 7:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Veeeeddddy Intahresting... Sadly, this is the very reason that printer companies do everything they can to lock you into their supply chain for your consumables. If you buy a printer from them and use it 20+ years they have no other way of making money from you. Also a reason that companies actually design for failure after a certain amount of time. Andy On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Perkins, Jerry <[email protected]> wrote: On 06/22/2012 08:51 AM, Howard White wrote: It was time to replace our trusty HP LaserJet 4P (going on 20 years old). Would suggest keeping the 4P, even if you get another. Great printer. I am currently running a 4L, also about 20 years old. -- Jerry Perkins Home page html://jperkins.us -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:nlug-talk%[email protected]> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
