OT: Court rules against Lexmark in printer case

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:
>Bill Campbell wrote:
>>On a related MOT -- I saw an article this morning about people going after
>>HP for putting drop- dead times in their printer cartridges (e.g. they
>>won't work after a certain date regardless of whether they've been used).
>
>Is this for real!?!? This would mean a lot of those times I thought the 
>cartridge had dried up was actually just a time bomb. Sign me up for a 
>class action.
>
>Is there a "good actor" in the printer marketplace? Lately I've been 
>going with Epson for inkjets.

I'm out of the market for laser printers until my ten year old HP 4M Plus
decided it's had enough and quits or I can't buy supplies for it.

I've found the Linux support for HP inkjet printers somewhat lacking or
difficult to configure so have been recommending Epson printers which have
worked very well.

Bill
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