Re: What if...? (Inkjet Refilling Talk)

Re: What if...?
Author: alchemist	December 16, 2003 at 18:08:08
in reply to: What if...?* posted by Alan Napier on December 16, 2003 at 01:07:39*

Alan,

The OEMs are by required by law, in many countries, to either replace or provide spares and service (including supplies) for 5 to 7 years on many consumer products. Governments/big business would not by the higher end printers, which in many cases use the same inkjet/toner cartridges, that are used by the inexpensive consumer products, if consumables were not to be available. Yes the OEMs could offer a new printer to replace your older one if it is under a service policy, but this might prove costly.
Epson and Canon have very little major investment in the inkjet cartridge tooling without printheads. HP and Lexmark have made major investments in tooling and most likely would not want to obsolete there tooling so quickly.
Alchemist
> This came to me one day: if the big printer companies (HP,
> Epson, Lexmark, etc) decided to stop production of all
> cartridges/toners for printers that are more than 2 years
> old (since that's the average turnaround time for most
> computer-related products), what would happen to all of the
> refilling solutions, like refill kits and refill machines?
>
> I know that it's a long shot that any of the companies
> would do such a thing, but then, it'd also be so easy for
> them to "pull the plug" and force consumers to upgrade to
> new printers. And consumers could, of course, use
> compatible cartridges/toners. But my concern focuses on the
> refilling methods, which as far as I know, can only be used
> with the original cartridges/toners.
>
> It seems to me that companies like StroudCo, R-Jet Tek,
> Ramora, Inke, etc depend on the printer companies for their
> livelihood. But has anyone ever thought about this?

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> Alan, > > The OEMs are by required by law, in many countries, to either replace or provide spares and service (including supplies) for 5 to 7 years on many consumer products. Governments/big business would not by the higher end printers, which in many cases use the same inkjet/toner cartridges, that are used by the inexpensive consumer products, if consumables were not to be available. Yes the OEMs could offer a new printer to replace your older one if it is under a service policy, but this might prove costly. > Epson and Canon have very little major investment in the inkjet cartridge tooling without printheads. HP and Lexmark have made major investments in tooling and most likely would not want to obsolete there tooling so quickly. > Alchemist > > This came to me one day: if the big printer companies (HP, > > Epson, Lexmark, etc) decided to stop production of all > > cartridges/toners for printers that are more than 2 years > > old (since that's the average turnaround time for most > > computer-related products), what would happen to all of the > > refilling solutions, like refill kits and refill machines? > > > > I know that it's a long shot that any of the companies > > would do such a thing, but then, it'd also be so easy for > > them to "pull the plug" and force consumers to upgrade to > > new printers. And consumers could, of course, use > > compatible cartridges/toners. But my concern focuses on the > > refilling methods, which as far as I know, can only be used > > with the original cartridges/toners. > > > > It seems to me that companies like StroudCo, R-Jet Tek, > > Ramora, Inke, etc depend on the printer companies for their > > livelihood. But has anyone ever thought about this?
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