It used to be true, though. Back in 2004 or so you got full cartridges along with new printers, and the printer cost less than an ink set would. So a friend at

It used to be true, though. Back in 2004 or so you got full cartridges along with new printers, and the printer cost less than an ink set would. So a friend at the time would buy a new printer every time theirs ran out of ink. He had a leaning tower of printers in his closet (and about half a dozen drivers installed). Later on they started including "starter cartridges" instead. (And even reduced those from 1/2 to 1/4 at some point)