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Is Your Printer Ripping You Off?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the or-only-its-maker dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Are original inkjet cartridges really worth the high cost? Do third party refill inks do as good a job? This article looks at printers from Epson, HP, Canon and Lexmark, with a combination of original inks and the top selling third-party options, using a whole host of different papers. A panel of printer users judged the output in a blind test — the printer manufacturers may not be happy with the results!"

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  1. Definitely, definitely... by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and the top selling the top selling third party options Ok, Rainman.
  2. Only pure heroin is more expensive. by rehabdoll · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.idg.se/ had an article last month or so, regarding this issue. According to the article only pure turkish heroin was more expensive than original printer-ink.

    Original article: http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.103164 (swedish)

    1. Re:Only pure heroin is more expensive. by Phisbut · · Score: 4, Funny

      And that article was totally wrong. Anti-matter generated from a particle collider is by far the most expensive substance known.

      We're talking about money and matter here. Anit-matter costs anti-money, so it's a different problem...

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    2. Re:Only pure heroin is more expensive. by kybred · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to the article only pure turkish heroin was more expensive than original printer-ink.

      Yeah, but it clogs the printer heads.

  3. Is that website ripping you off ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    click [next] to find out !

  4. Re:Ink? What ink? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because you don't want snapfish employees seeing you naked?

  5. If it's a blind test... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    how the hell did they see the results?!?

    Explain this to me!

  6. Why? by Kamineko · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why doesn't the article have a 'print' or 'printer friendly' view?

  7. Re:Advertisements by owlnation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow! Is it standard practice to have to click through so many pages of ads to read the full article?
    You must be new here. Is it standard practice - who knows? Reading TFA is not encouraged on /.
  8. Re:Ink? What ink? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    S'ok, I think the feeling is mutual.

  9. Re:Single parent of a 15 Year Old Daughter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    what is the quality of print on the email printouts?

    how are we supposed to advise you if you don't even say what the brand of printer is, let alone whether or not you're buying 3rd party cartridges!

  10. Re:Single parent of a 15 Year Old Daughter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    el burro hablando de orejas

  11. Re:Cost isn't the only problem... by strcpy(NULL,... · · Score: 3, Funny

    That depends on the printer. I'd submitted quite a number of blue homeworks back at school with an HP Deskjet 610.

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