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Another printer company exits the printer business

article published on 28 August, 2012

Printer company Lexmark has announced that it will be exiting the inkjet printer business. Unfortunately, the company will also be firing 1700 employees and completely shutdown a factory in the Philippines. Additionally, the company will look to sell of its entire inkjet printer operations and focus on managed laser imaging services, which bring in much higher margins. The move ... [ read the full article ]

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iz0nlee
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_ 		31. August 2012 @ 11:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
surprised printre companies can make a loss with what they charge for printer carts. its cheaper to buy a new (cheap) printer every time the ink runs out
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JST1946
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_ 		31. August 2012 @ 12:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Queen "Another one bites the dust"

Yep! Bought a new printer for $50 on sale and the replacement cartridges cost $56.
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ddp
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_ 		31. August 2012 @ 15:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
bought a hp color laser printer for $100Can 20 months ago but will cost almost $400Can for new catridges as there is 4 catridges. will use my freebe hp black & white laser for black & white printing & the color laser for color printing.
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pmshah
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_ 		1. September 2012 @ 00:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What I would have done is to first go looking at available replacement cartridge suppliers like the German RotRing, available at less than 50% of OEM price. Look up the equivalent number of the OEM. Then search for and select a good model that uses this cartridge. Problem solved.
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