HP to Region-code Cartridges

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 19, 2005 @11:02PM from the outsourcing-ink-bad dept.

prostoalex writes "Looks like the printer cartridge manufacturers will be borrowing techniques from Hollywood. HP introduced region coding for some of the newest printers sold in Europe. HP's US location and US dollar sliding lead to the situation, where cartridge prices in Europe are significantly higher than those in the States. In the Wall Street Journal article HP representative in Europe claims the company doesn't make any money off regional coding for cartridges, and that consumers will win once the US dollar rises over Euro."

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Re:Import printers? by Bigman · 2005-01-20 00:40 · Score: 1, Offtopic

When I last imported something from the US I got an AC converter from Maplin - cost me about £12. Unless the printer senses the mains frequency (!) then that would solve the problem!!

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