Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] Printer cost vs. inks

Subject: Re: [OM] Printer cost vs. inks
From: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:03:14 -0400
Bill,
   I had one of those Kodak ESP printers and the ink was pretty cheap. The
printer was OK when it worked but it was VERY unreliable. I ditched it and
bought a Canon. Best printer/scanner/copier I've ever owned.

Charlie

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ironically, I checked prices on Kodak printer and ink, as th ey are saying
> that they sell the printer for what it costs them to make, and don't make
> it
> up on ink sales. They do get more for the printers, but where I checked,
> the
> ink costs were within 20-30% of other, quite a bit cheaper printers. Oh,
> well, that's what I get for believing either kodak or advertising.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Moose
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 3:51 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Printer cost vs. inks
>
> On 3/29/2011 12:27 PM, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I took a walk down the main aisle of Walmart just before Christmas and
> > they
> >   had tons of inkjet printers for $35. But I'm not sure, it may have only
> > come  with just the black cartridge. A color cartridge is $35!
>
> I don't know why anyone would be surprised by this. "Freebie" marketing,
> selling stuff below cost or giving it away, to
> make profits on the disposable supplies, goes back at least 100 years, With
> King Gillette usually getting the credit -
> or blame - for inventing it. It was a major part of Kodak's marketing model
> for many decades.
>
> That it happened in printers is our (in the large sense) own fault. When
> the
> first brand tried it on, we could have
> bought other brands. We didn't, the guys with the lowest first costs
> started
> gaining market share, so everybody had to
> follow suit.
>
> The was to compare printers now is to compare costs with a full set of
> inks.
>
> Too Many Printers Moose
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz