Printers and Filepro

[Richard Kreiss]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Kroboth, Joe
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:31 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Printers and Filepro
> 
> 
> 
> > >> 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


Problem is that one of these guys did this a 2 years ago and should have
known better.

Richard