Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em with a stick. Fuck 'em 'till they turn purple.
I've been refilling cartridges since I found a text on a BBS oh-so-many years ago (anybody remember 2400 baud external modems you could fry an egg on?).
So now (well, for awhile now... I've got an epson currently) they've decided to toss "quality control" chips in/on their jewel-encrusted cartridges. That court ruling serves them right for the bait-and-switch practices they've been doing for years. Maybe someone will second this memory: in years past, wasn't there a pretty solid ratio between the cost of the printer and the cost of the cartridges (inverse ratio actually). Last time I looked it seems they're just screwing everyone on the cartriges, period.
And how about this one for christ's sake: Epson cartridges supposedly can NOT be removed (for any reason) and replaced or else the nozzles will go tits-up (this is according to their web page). Happened to me; no matter what I do cleaning-wise, the blues and reds are mis-aligned. Anyone know of a fix (short of ditching the printer and buying a new one)?
They've got them groovy self-destruct tapes (or was that Mission Impossible only? Well, at worst CONTROL had that groovy self-destructing agent jammed in the wastecan/flowerpot/mailbox).
Its funny when you think about it.... any ban by the MPAA on distribution of screeners to insiders (in general) affects only said insiders. The "scene" shrugs it off.
Maybe the MPAA will ban the distribution of workprints as well (Ha! Boy, and one would think that THOSE would be easy enough to track back to the source...).
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Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em with a stick. Fuck 'em 'till they turn purple. I've been refilling cartridges since I found a text on a BBS oh-so-many years ago (anybody remember 2400 baud external modems you could fry an egg on?). So now (well, for awhile now... I've got an epson currently) they've decided to toss "quality control" chips in/on their jewel-encrusted cartridges. That court ruling serves them right for the bait-and-switch practices they've been doing for years. Maybe someone will second this memory: in years past, wasn't there a pretty solid ratio between the cost of the printer and the cost of the cartridges (inverse ratio actually). Last time I looked it seems they're just screwing everyone on the cartriges, period. And how about this one for christ's sake: Epson cartridges supposedly can NOT be removed (for any reason) and replaced or else the nozzles will go tits-up (this is according to their web page). Happened to me; no matter what I do cleaning-wise, the blues and reds are mis-aligned. Anyone know of a fix (short of ditching the printer and buying a new one)?
They've got them groovy self-destruct tapes (or was that Mission Impossible only? Well, at worst CONTROL had that groovy self-destructing agent jammed in the wastecan/flowerpot/mailbox). Its funny when you think about it.... any ban by the MPAA on distribution of screeners to insiders (in general) affects only said insiders. The "scene" shrugs it off. Maybe the MPAA will ban the distribution of workprints as well (Ha! Boy, and one would think that THOSE would be easy enough to track back to the source...).