Friday, April 22, 2011

Corruption behind the ink business

There is a lot of Corruption behind the ink business, Ink cartridges are typically very expensive, sometimes a substantial fraction of the cost of the printer, printer makers are ripping people off every day. To save money, many smart consumers use generic ink cartridges from a vendor other than the printer manufacturer. The high cost of cartridges has also provided an incentive for counterfeiters to supply cartridges falsely claiming to be made by the original manufacturer. Another alternative involves modifications of an original cartridge allowing use of systems with external ink tanks. Others use aftermarket inks, reloading their own ink cartridges using a kit that includes bulk ink.

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