The Giant printer ink manufacturer HP and the Giant printer ink sales department store Staples, has been sued by somebody who has become absolutely sick and tired of the daily legal highway robbery committed by the large brand name printer makers. This individual who has determined to take on these giants is from Boston and his name is Ranjit Bedi. I wonder what Mr. Bedi was thinking. It is absolutely no small matter to go up against HP and Staples and accuse them of conspiracy.
Mr. Bedi has alleged in his sworn statement that HP has paid Staples millions of dollars so that they would not vend generic toner or ink cartridges. The alleged agreement involves an arrangement by Staples to only put up for sale brand name cartridges. We all know that brand name cartridges and toner costs considerably more than the generic equivalents. For those of you who do not know it, the cost of manufacturing these brand name items are essentially exactly the same as providing a generic.
HP and Epson executives have confirmed in interviews that the grounds for the high rates of the brand name printer ink is because of research and development costs. This is really a sad excuse for charging such appallingly high prices for their products. Research and development has a long time ago paid for itself and now it is pure profits on a grand scale. It is a well-known fact that the HP Imaging Division contributes a very large proportion of HP’s total profit. That is absolutely no wonder taking into consideration that the printers themselves are sold at cost.From then on, the bounty on printer ink just rolls in.The brand name printer manufacturers have been totally at war with everyone producing a generic product that will work in their printers. The thing is, once the printer is sold it is no longer their printer. A customer should be able to freely go and buy a printer cartridge other than a brand name cartridge and use it in the printer. The brand name manufacturers are trying every trick in the book to prevent these generic cartridges from operating in the printers. One could say they sabotage the printer using embedded microchips to guarantee that it will just work with a high-priced printer cartridge sold by them. When we say expensive, it is really an understatement. Ink cartridges can definitely be sold at four times the price of a generic cartridge. Keep in mind that the generic cartridge companies also make a acceptable profit, so how much are the brand name manufacturers making. They are making huge profits and the money is coming right out of your pocket.
Besides this really disreputable practice by the brand name companies, one more lawsuit has been brought about alledging that the brand name companies are embedding software in the printer cartridge to prevent all the ink from being used up. At times there could be 15% or 20% ink still in the cartridge, yet the printer will tell you that you need to change the cartridge. It will not work any more until you position a new cartridge in the printer. This is just a further side of the daylight robbery being performed legally each day.
If you want to dodge this legal printer ink highway robbery, you will want to make an endeavor to experiment with generic brand cartridges. Many of the Chinese manufacturers have managed to craft micro chips that can outfox the printer sabotage mechanisms. The question is to know where to go for such cartridges and still acquire them at a equitable price. One online supplier, Peachtree Ink does have many such cartridges and if they do not work for you then they do offer your money back.
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