[ale] HP and expiring ink cartriges round 2

[deritchie@earthlink.net]

write a short note to mark.hurd at hp.com expressing your displeasure.
He needs to hear this...

-- Dave Ritchie

-----Original Message-----
>From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
>Sent: Aug 26, 2007 6:14 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: [ale] HP and expiring ink cartriges round 2
>
>I know HP is all "warm and fuzzy" with Linux printing. But setting a
>date code on an ink tank so it "expires" 2 weeks after I install it
>brand new really chaps my A$$ !
>
>This is in an HP9100 series multi-function ink guzzling, paper mangler
>(scanner, fax, copier, duplexer, card reader, coffee maker and snow
>blower - well the unit blows but it ain't snow...).
>
>I reset the date back a year on the dang thing so I can use the clearly
>unsafe to use use, might cause insurgents to take over the ink-refilling
>world, ink tanks I paid $40 each for about 3 months back (it claimed 2
>had expired. Of course they worked in the other printer but it had a
>worn out print head and so black is inconsistent).
>
>I have been investigating other printers am unimpressed with current
>offerings. 
>
>Grr. Maybe a goose quill isn't such a bad idea....
>-- 
>James P. Kinney III          
>CEO & Director of Engineering 
>Local Net Solutions,LLC        
>770-493-8244                    
>http://www.localnetsolutions.com
>
>GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics)
><jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
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