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  • HTG Explains: Why is Printer Ink So Expensive?

    - by Chris Hoffman
    Printer ink is expensive, more expensive per drop than fine champagne or even human blood. If you haven’t gone paperless, you’ll notice that you’re paying a lot for new ink cartridges — more than seems reasonable. Purchasing the cheapest inkjet printer and buying official ink cartridge replacements is the most expensive thing you can do. There are ways to save money on ink if you must continue to print documents. Cheap Printers, Expensive Ink Ink jet printers are often very cheap. That’s because they’re sold at cost, or even at a loss — the manufacturer either makes no profit from the printer itself or loses money. The manufacturer will make most of its money from the printer cartridges you buy later. Even if the company does make a bit of money from each printer sold, it makes a much larger profit margin on ink. Rather than selling you a printer that may be rather expensive, they want to sell you a cheap printer and make money on an ongoing basis by providing expensive printer ink. It’s been compared to the razor model — sell a razor cheaply and mark up the razor blades. Rather than making a one-time profit on the razor, you’ll make continuing profit as the customer keeps buying razor blade replacements — or ink, in this case. Many printer manufacturers go out of their way to make it difficult for you to use unofficial ink cartridges, building microchips into their official ink cartridges. If you use an unofficial cartridge or refill an official cartridge, the printer may refuse to use it. Lexmark once argued in court that unofficial microchips that enable third-party ink cartridges would violate their copyright and Lexmark has argued that creating an unofficial microchip to bypass this restriction on third-party ink would violate Lexmark’s copyright and be illegal under the US DMCA. Luckily, they lost this argument. What Printer Companies Say Printer companies have put forth their own arguments in the past, attempting to justify the high cost of official ink cartridges and microchips that block any competition. In a Computer World story from 2010, HP argued that they spend a billion dollars each year on “ink research and development.” They point out that printer ink “must be formulated to withstand heating to 300 degrees, vaporization, and being squirted at 30 miles per hour, at a rate of 36,000 drops per second, through a nozzle one third the size of a human hair. After all that it must dry almost instantly on the paper.” They also argue that printers have become more efficient and use less ink to print, while third-party cartridges are less reliable. Companies that use microchips in their ink cartridges argue that only the microchip has the ability to enforce an expiration date, preventing consumers from using old ink cartridges. There’s something to all these arguments, sure — but they don’t seem to justify the sky-high cost of printer ink or the restriction on using third-party or refilled cartridges. Saving Money on Printing Ultimately, the price of something is what people are willing to pay and printer companies have found that most consumers are willing to pay this much for ink cartridge replacements. Try not to fall for it: Don’t buy the cheapest inkjet printer. Consider your needs when buying a printer and do some research. You’ll save more money in the long run. Consider these basic tips to save money on printing: Buy Refilled Cartridges: Refilled cartridges from third parties are generally much cheaper. Printer companies warn us away from these, but they often work very well. Refill Your Own Cartridges: You can get do-it-yourself kits for refilling your own printer ink cartridges, but this can be messy. Your printer may refuse to accept a refilled cartridge if the cartridge contains a microchip. Switch to a Laser Printer: Laser printers use toner, not ink cartridges. If you print a lot of black and white documents, a laser printer can be cheaper. Buy XL Cartridges: If you are buying official printer ink cartridges, spend more money each time. The cheapest ink cartridges won’t contain much ink at all, while larger “XL” ink cartridges will contain much more ink for only a bit more money. It’s often cheaper to buy in bulk. Avoid Printers With Tri-Color Ink Cartridges: If you’re printing color documents, you’ll want to get a printer that uses separate ink cartridges for all its colors. For example, let’s say your printer has a “Color” cartridge that contains blue, green, and red ink. If you print a lot of blue documents and use up all your blue ink, the Color cartridge will refuse to function — now all you can do is throw away your cartridge and buy a new one, even if the green and red ink chambers are full. If you had a printer with separate color cartridges, you’d just have to replace the blue cartridge. If you’ll be buying official ink cartridges, be sure to compare the cost of cartridges when buying a printer. The cheapest printer may be more expensive in the long run. Of course, you’ll save the most money if you stop printing entirely and go paperless, keeping digital copies of your documents instead of paper ones. Image Credit: Cliva Darra on Flickr     

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  • Printer Review: HP LaserJet Pro 1606dn

    Looking for a black-and-white laser printer for your small office or workgroup? HP's $199 entry offers Ethernet, duplex printing, and fast performance -- and can install itself with no CD to insert or driver to download.

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  • Printer Review: HP LaserJet Pro 1606dn

    Looking for a black-and-white laser printer for your small office or workgroup? HP's $199 entry offers Ethernet, duplex printing, and fast performance -- and can install itself with no CD to insert or driver to download.

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  • How can I access the scanner functionality of my Samsung CLX 3175N over the network?

    - by Roger De Backer
    I have a Samsung CLX 3175N network capable color laser printer/scanner which was sold as being Linux compatible. Whereas the printer undeed works in the network. It has been impossible up to now to get the scanner working under Ubuntu (safe for using Windows XP running in Virtualbox on the Ubuntu client), but that is not my understanding of Linux compatibility. Is there anybody who knows a method to access a network Scanner in Ubuntu?

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  • Printer Review: Epson B-510DN

    Buying a color laser printer? Before you budget that 10 to 15 cents per color page, think about 3.5 cents. That's the promise of Epson's industrial-strength inkjet, a $599 business printer that's one of the most compelling computer peripherals we've seen this year.

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  • Printer Review: Epson B-510DN

    Buying a color laser printer? Before you budget that 10 to 15 cents per color page, think about 3.5 cents. That's the promise of Epson's industrial-strength inkjet, a $599 business printer that's one of the most compelling computer peripherals we've seen this year.

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  • Want To Know Of The Classic IBM InfoPrint Printer

    Things to know about the IBM InfoPrint 1601 printer begin with understanding what this monochrome laser printer has to offer. It is specifically designed to meet the needs of the small business and i... [Author: Ben Pate - Computers and Internet - March 31, 2010]

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  • Printer Review: Oki C610dtn

    Considering a color laser printer? Don't buy before you check out Oki's LED-based alternative, which offers plenty of paper-handling flexibility and produces genuinely great-looking business documents.

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  • Printer Review: Oki C610dtn

    Considering a color laser printer? Don't buy before you check out Oki's LED-based alternative, which offers plenty of paper-handling flexibility and produces genuinely great-looking business documents.

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  • Collision detection doesn't work for automated elements in XNA 4.0

    - by NDraskovic
    I have a really weird problem. I made a 3D simulator of an "assembly line" as a part of a college project. Among other things it needs to be able to detect when a box object passes in front of sensor. I tried to solve this by making a model of a laser and checking if the box collides with it. I had some problems with BoundingSpheres of models meshes so I simply create a BoundingSphere and place it in the same place as the model. I organized them into a list of BoundingSpheres called "spheres" and for each model I create one BoundingSphere. All models except the box are static, so the box object has its own BoundingSphere (not a member of the "spheres" list). I also implemented a picking algorithm that I use to start the movement. This is the code that checks for collision: if (spheres.Count != 0) { for (int i = 1; i < spheres.Count; i++) { if (spheres[i].Intersects(PickingRay) != null && Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.ButtonState.Pressed == Mouse.GetState().LeftButton) { start = true; break; } if (BoxSphere.Intersects(spheres[i]) && start) { MoveBox(0, false);//The MoveBox function receives the direction (0) and a bool value that dictates whether the box should move or not (false means stop) start = false; break; } if (start /*&& Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input.ButtonState.Pressed == Mouse.GetState().LeftButton*/ && !BoxSphere.Intersects(spheres[i])) { MoveBox(0, true); break; } } The problem is this: When I use the mouse to move the box (the commented part in the third if condition) the collision works fine (I have another part of code that I removed to simplify my question - it calculates the "address" of the box, and by that number I know that the collision is correct). But when I comment it (like in this example) the box just passes trough the lasers and does not detect the collision (the idea is that the box stops at each laser and the user passes it forth by clicking on the appropriate "switch"). Can you see the problem? Please help, and if you need more informations I will try to give them. Thanks

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  • Logitech Performance Mouse MX (and More) Review

    The glass-topped desk -- which has stymied optical and laser mice for years -- has been conquered at last by Logitech's ultimate tracking technology. The annoyance of needing separate USB receivers for your cordless mouse and keyboard is history, too.

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  • Wireless mouse temporarily freezes (sleeps) on battery power

    - by R Pennese
    I have been getting a very annoying problem since recently in Ubuntu 12.04, probably due to another update that did more bad than good... When I resume from sleep on battery power my Lenovo Thinkpad T420, my wireless laser mouse (Logitech M705) freezes everytime I leave it for 2 seconds. It then starts moving again when I shake it for 5 seconds. The touchpad works normally. I'm guessing the mouse enters some sleep mode and I'd like to know where to change this "timeout" value.

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  • How can I make AdobePS recognize my printer in Win98se?

    - by Jeff
    I am trying to use the adobe product: "PostScript Printer Driver AdobePS 4.2.6 for Windows 95 and Windows 98" to connect a new HP laser printer (CP1025nw) via USB to a machine running win98SE. I am using the PPD file for "HP color LaserJet PS". The Adobe utility installs the printer, and it shows up on the printer list ... but it doesn't print. I get an error message (sometimes) that an error occurred writing to USB001.. Evidently, AdobePS cannot "See" the printer. I suspect there is a problem wrt the printer port. Nothing I pick works. I have two virtual printer ports, USB001 and USB002 which were created during the installation of an HP inkjet printer. The inkjet will work on either of these, but the laser printer works on neither. When I connect the laserjet printer, the windows New Hardware Wizard activates, but I don't see how to point it at the AdobePS Postscript driver. HP has no support whatsoever for win98, so there's no hope of getting help from them. The printer works great with the several winXP computers connected through either the network connection or the USB. So, how do I convince Win98se to use the adobe postscript printer driver? Is this printer even a postscript printer? Is there a better way to get win98se to talk to this printer? Any suggestions?

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  • Show image with link based on first directory with Javascript

    - by Nestorete
    Hi, i need some help please, i want to show an image on my Page depending of the first directory of the URL. Example: In Any of this URLs will show the image1.jpg www.mysite.com/audio/amplifiers/400wats.html www.mysite.com/audio/ www.mysite.com/audio/amplifiers/ In any of this others will show the image2.jpg www.mysite.com/video/spots/40wats.html www.mysite.com/video/amplifiers/400wats.html www.mysite.com/video/lighting/laser.html www.mysite.com/video/laser/ At the moment i can show the image only if the url is only the first directory, bu no in the internal directory or documents. This is the script that i'm using right now: <script type="text/javascript"> switch (location.pathname) { case "/audio/": document.write("From Web<BR>") break case "/video/": document.write('<A HREF="slides.htm" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="/adman/banners/joinvip.gif" WIDTH=728 HEIGHT=90 BORDER=0></A>') break default: document.write('<A HREF="http://www.apple.com" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/NEW_PIB_728x90.gif" WIDTH=728 HEIGHT=90 BORDER=0></A>') break } </script> Thank you

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  • Show image with link based on first directory with Javascript

    - by Nestorete
    Hi, i need some help please, i want to show an image on my Page depending of the first directory of the URL. Example: In Any of this URLs will show the image1.jpg www.mysite.com/audio/amplifiers/400wats.html www.mysite.com/audio/ www.mysite.com/audio/amplifiers/ In any of this others will show the image2.jpg www.mysite.com/video/spots/40wats.html www.mysite.com/video/amplifiers/400wats.html www.mysite.com/video/lighting/laser.html www.mysite.com/video/laser/ At the moment i can show the image only if the url is only the first directory, bu no in the internal directory or documents. This is the script that i'm using right now: <script type="text/javascript"> switch (location.pathname) { case "/audio/": document.write("From Web<BR>") break case "/video/": document.write('<A HREF="slides.htm" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="/adman/banners/joinvip.gif" WIDTH=728 HEIGHT=90 BORDER=0></A>') break default: document.write('<A HREF="http://www.apple.com" target="_blank"><IMG SRC="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/NEW_PIB_728x90.gif" WIDTH=728 HEIGHT=90 BORDER=0></A>') break } </script> Thank you

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  • Printing with Zebra Printer

    - by Nathan
    I am trying to print a bitmap image on a zebra printer (TLP-2844-Z) and it comes out incredibly blurry and faint but when I print it on a laser printer it looks fine. Also, when I printer plain text to the zebra printer or the test page it comes out crystal clear. Is there something I am doing wrong?

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  • Printer driver unavailable after Windows 7 upgrade

    - by kngofwrld
    Upgraded to Windows 7 and lost the ability to print to my old but still perfect Brother HL-1440 laser printer. I cannot run in XP compatibility mode with my version of Windows (Home Professional). Is there anything that can be done to get printing to work? I just want to print via USB but there is no Windows 7 driver.

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  • What is a good, inexpensive, non-host-based printer

    - by Josh Yeager
    I am sick of buying cheap host-based printers that have bloated drivers, randomly fail to print, and won't work over a network. Is it possible to get a good color network printer for under $200 that doesn't have those problems? I don't care if it's laser or inkjet; I don't print enough for the ink cost to matter. I just want something that I can plug into my network, set up sharing on my PCs, and forget about.

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  • How to calibrate your mouse's X/Y in Windows Vista

    - by GateKiller
    I've just installed a new Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 and it's X/Y calibration/alignment seems to be off. If I move the mouse from left to right, the cursor will go up and down slightly. If I move the mouse from top to bottom, the cursor will also move from left to right slightly too. I seem to remember in earlier version of Windows or Intelli Point, there was a calibration tool which would fix this issue. Can anyone help? Many Thanks Stephen

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