Maybe because the printer is sold as a loss-leader, assuming you will buy a certain number of ink cartridges. Furthermore they can make the printers very cheapl

Maybe because the printer is sold as a loss-leader, assuming you will buy a certain number of ink cartridges. Furthermore they can make the printers very cheaply because: 1) the fancy printing logic is mostly in the printing driver you install on your computer 2) the fancy ink transfer hardware is all in the cartridge