Printers and Filepro

[Kroboth, Joe]

> >> Just a vent:
> >>
> >> Yesterday was my day for dumb clients and printers.  I got 2 call
> >> from clients who purchased new printers before checking with me.
> >> Both purchased dumb  Windows printers.
> [...]
> >> It is always an afterthought to call us after buying a cheap printer
> >> and finding it doesn't work with the program.
> >
> > You can't blame the customers. Who would even think you would need a
> > special printer just to work with filePro?
> 
> Who would think that they would make printers so dumb that they can't
> even print the letter "A"?
> 
> Unfortunately, the market has become "how cheap can we sell it for in
> the store", totally ignoring "how much is this printer *really* going
> to cost, once you add in ink (which you can't buy in bulk because the
> ink has more brains than the printer, and will expire on a given date,
> regardless of how much ink is still left) and other expenses".
> 
> As I like to say... "free after rebate is too expensive".
> 
> --
> Kenneth Brody

Why would a customer care how the letter "A" is printed? 

When the printer specifications states it works with Windows,  one would think it should work with filePro on Windows.

Joe