OT: The yearly gasp over technology improvements... (changedfrom low traffic)

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
[...]
> > I'm sticking with my old HP for now - but I suspect I'll move from
> > them - after years of use - because of the ink cartridges with the
> > smart chips that cease working after a set period of time - even if
> > you refill them.  There are methods of resetting the chips.
> 
> Not only if you refill them, but I've read horror stories of people who get
> dual black/colour printers and they only use black, but because the colour
> times out, it makes them replace -both- and refuses to print in black even
> if the colour is not being used.  Worse, someone "stocked up" on black
> cartridges and they all timed out at the same time,  :-/  That's -gotta-
> suck.

You hear about all sorts of frivilous lawsuits these days, but that one
sounds like a good class action suit in the making.  ("I'm sorry sir,
but you only licensed the use of those cartridges for 12 months, and
your license expired.")

[...]

-- 
+-------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+
| Kenneth J. Brody        | www.hvcomputer.com |                             |
| kenbrody/at\spamcop.net | www.fptech.com     | #include <std_disclaimer.h> |
+-------------------------+--------------------+-----------------------------+