Re: printer cartridge replacement reality

mc wrote:

"Robert Baer" <robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e13Pe.496$Wd7.363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

     Background:
 There was a good NG article recently about Epson printers.


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Worse, if one uses the printer a lot, the printer itself ceases to function: only so many cartridges and it is useless (unless one is willing to spend a lot of money to "fix" what is not broken - just reset a counter).
And there is *nothing* by Epson anywhere to let un-suspecting buyers get even a hint of this crap. 


If this is true, has it been reported to the Federal Trade Commission?

Do you have it from a reliable source or just a stranger in a newsgroup?


....and, one of the refill companies *sells* cartridge reset software for about $20!
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