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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."

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  1. It's just like... by Cougem · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..Operating systems.

    There's this one buy this Scandinavian guy....

    It's just as good as Windows, but with less blue screens and price tags....

  2. While we're on the subject of printers... by slipgun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I recently bought a 12 year old HP Laserjet 4+. It's reliable, sharp and reasonably fast (they don't make em like they used to). I recently ran out of toner, and purchased a refilled one. What can I do with my empty one - is there somewhere I can send it to be refilled? (I'm in UK if that makes any difference).

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