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Getting Around Printer-Manufacturer Abuse

Posted by timothy on from the probably-violating-some-law-somewhere dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Here's a guy that demonstrates how printer companies abuse their clients. He found that Lexmark cartridges are a perfect replacement for Xerox ones, with only minor modifications to the printer. It's well illustrated with may photographs."

7 of 555 comments (clear)

  1. Re:abuse? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If cartridges were really overpriced, then a 3rd party would enter the market. That's capitalism 101.

    An when a third party enters the market, they get sued under the DCMA. That's capitalism 102.

  2. Getting Around End-User Abuse by dj245 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Xerox: Hello, Lexmark support line.
    Caller: Yes I'd like to return my printer for new print heads but it has some... minor modifications.
    Xerox: You put a viynl sticker on it?
    Caller: Not exactly...
    Xerox: You wrote the name of your company or business in large letters on the printer to discourage looting?
    Caller: Not quite.....
    Xerox: Then what?
    Caller: I snapped off some plastic bits, by erm, accident.
    Xerox: These wouldn't happen to be the print cartridge grabbing bits would they?
    Caller: Why yes! They just so happen to be, coincidentally.
    Xerox: No support for you! Call back, one year! (dialtone)

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  3. Translation by jesser · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's well illustrated with [many] photographs.

    Translation: the site won't survive 5 minutes of slashdotting.

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  4. Here in Germany... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you can get a new Lexmark for about 30 Euro with (full!) back and color cartridges.

    You print with it until the cartridges are empty.

    Then you drive to Lexmark Germany and throw the now worthless printer without wasting any comments into their front garden and go and buy the next one.

    Someday they'll learn and understand.

    End of story.

  5. They're already on to him... by Zone-MR · · Score: 5, Funny

    They already tried to take the information down... ... they submitted the site to SlashDot ;)

  6. Re:What do you want to bet by yulek · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...That Xerox tries to sue this guy to take down the information?

    the world's gone mad. now Xerox is going to sue someone for copying something?

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  7. I see... by wwwrun · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to get modded +5, Informative, I simply have to make two factual statements, one of which is wrong, and the other monumentally obvious.

    Fantastic