Digital BW, The Print

CDTobie@... wrote:

>In a message dated 7/12/02 12:09:36 PM, jerryolson@... writes:
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>>Makes you wonder about epsons ink prices even more. You can get a pint
>>of MIS inkjet black ink for around $36 or so; epson's prices seem more
>>than a ripoff, they're outrageous.
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>Well, at least you are now comparing it to a blended whiskey...
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Come come, Dave...

That's not analogous..

We ALL know that EPSON overprices their inks at a level WELL beyond what 
it costs to produce and market them.  They are cost-shifting to recover 
the real costs of  the printer you buy.

the 7600, 9600, and 10000 have significantly less per oz prices for 
 ink, not because the ink is cheaper but because EPSON hasn't played the 
silly cost-shifting game..

It's as if  EPSON offered you a single malt scotch for $1 a shot, and 
then told you "BTW the glass is $10 and can only be used for one shot" 
It makes people think they are getting a cheap printer when they aren't..

I can quote some old numbers on ink costs per oz. for the 1270 and 
siblings if you'd like, (with inks that wre cheaper than those in the 
2200, estimates on cost of the 1270 inks were between $9600 and $12,000 
per gallon - to hell with oil, gold, drugs, or weapons, let's hijack a 
tanker of Ultrachromes!) but suffice it to say that EPSON charges a 
minimum of 10 times what others do..  AND BTW: before you say it all 
goes to R&D some of that "well spent" R&D money goes into designing ways 
to prevent users from utilizing 3rd party consumables..


Keith
 
 



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