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HP Stops Selling Printers, Starts Selling Prints

Posted by Zonk on from the does-this-mean-i-get-a-free-printer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HP has launched a new line of business printers but there's a big catch — you won't be able to buy one. For the first time in history, the company will make customers purchase printing services, rather than the product itself. At its biggest printer launch since the LaserJet in 1984, HP's new business-class Edgeline printers will only be available through a managed services contract. Pricing will be per page, depending on the quality of the printout. Edgeline technology is said to be so ink-efficient that if HP were to sell these printers, they would never match the money they make from consumables (cartridges etc) now."

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  1. Zonk, you're an idiot by rbanzai · · Score: 1, Troll

    That has got to be the worst, most misleading headline you've managed to create.

    You're not just an idiot, you're a fucking idiot. There's a distinction.

  2. Don't RTF summary. by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 1, Troll
    It used to be on /. you didn't RTFA.

    Now you're stupid if you RTFS.

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