You have no choice but to buy them, or throw away your printer. Narrator: Once you've bought a printer that uses cartridges you're trapped in a cycle. And basically it's a formula: The cheaper the printer, the more expensive the consumables. They sell the consumables at a very expensive price. He's the former editor of The Recycler and has been lobbying for change in the printer-ink industry for years.Ĭonnett: They sell the printers cheap. So why are the cartridges so pricey?ĭavid Connett: Oh that's simple: greed. When the ink runs out in one of these printers, you need to buy specific cartridges, and these cartridges are expensive. Today, you can buy a brand-new printer for around $35. In 1988, Hewlett-Packard achieved just that, with the first mass-market inkjet printer, which sold for about $1,000. Because of this, they would fade after a few months, so companies had to develop a dye that gave permanent photographic quality. Inkjet printers were first developed in the 1960s, and early computer inks were made from food dye and water. In fact, it can be cheaper to buy an entire printer than it is to purchase new ink cartridges. When in cartridge form, it's more expensive than vintage Champagne and even human blood. Narrator: A gallon of printer ink can cost you $12,000.
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