Escape from pigment prison

I threw away my photo printer today.

When I purchased it (a Canon ip7600) the ink cartridges cost 9.99 each.

I saw one today for $18.00.

It seems like more and more, when I turn the printer on it wants a couple of cartridges replaced. I’m not going to pay $36 to turn on the printer when I can get almost 100 prints made at Walmart for the cost of turning on the damn printer here.

There are a lot of places I can get an 8×10 print made for 1.99.

Don’t get suckered into buying a color printer, folks.

That tablespoon (or so) of ink in the cartridge works out to ink at $4,608 a gallon.

India ink bought at Amazon.com comes in a 2 oz. bottle for $3.15. That’s a far more reasonable $201.60 a gallon. If you can call that reasonable.

Greedy Corporations suck. I’m looking at you, Lexmark, Canon, and HP. There’s no possible reason that the cartridges couldn’t retail for 6 or 7 dollars, based on materials cost.

You created the ink refill business by charging the prices you have. Drop your DRM on printer and cartridges, charge a fair price for the ink, and cartridge refillers will go out of business. Are you really too stupid to see this?

I imagine you are.