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> If someone created and sold a printer that did not care about the ink that was used Why would anyone do that. Sounds like a strawman. All printers I've seen
by cutemonster 2y ago
> If someone created and sold a printer that did not care about the ink that was used
Why would anyone do that. Sounds like a strawman.
All printers I've seen specify precisely what ink they need. And then you look up which 3rd party inks are compatible, so the printer gets what it want.
- dylan604 2y agoIt's the 3rd party inks that I'm talking about. Who is verifying they are compatible? The Chinese company selling on Temu? Why would the 1st party verify a 3rd party? Licensing fees? The point is that companies don't want/need to support 3rd party, and by allowing 3rd party opens their devices up for complaint when 3rd party doesn't work.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoIs this an age gap situation? What you're describing as difficult used to be the norm. You could go to the print shop with a cartridge and they'd fill it with whatever they had for a reasonable price. No one had to support third party cartridges (you'd refill the first party cartridges and third party cartridges were designed to be compatible). It was a perfectly acceptable system for everyone except the manufacturers, who weren't happy with consumers that would buy loss leader printers and skip the ink.
- jillyboel 2y agokeep inventing problems and you'll never get anywhere