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HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback Have just had to replace 3 new HP cartridges because the yellow ink failed to print at all - all were of 2001 date
[February 23, 2005, 23:36]
Photos: Charity wants your old handsets and cartridges
News The new campaign will also see Computer Aid expand its activities to include mobile phones and unwanted printer cartridges. Companies will be able to donate old and unwanted handsets and cartridges in recycling boxes provided by the charity.
[July 31, 2006, 13:55]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback While one might disagree with HP's policy, it's not true to say that the cartridges are secretly programmed to expire. It's not secret. HP's own product datasheets explicity state "Each cartridge has a 24-month shelf life dating from the time of...
[March 1, 2005, 12:59]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback It is about time that someone fought back against the big manufacturers, Epsons Killer chips leave 40% of the ink in the cartridge, Lexmark sue anyone they catch re-using their cartridges. I personally get all of my companies cartridges refilled at...
[February 25, 2005, 8:26]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback My EPSON 5800L laser printer has been warning me for more than a year that I ought to replace the black ink cartridge. I have simply ignored the warning and kept on printing beautifully!
[March 1, 2005, 11:42]
The cut-throat business of printer cartridges
Talkback It was very interesting to read your page and I'm glad that I did, I'm some-what the wiser for it, in the past I have always gone for refills cartriges but I have bought myself a new lexmark all in one package can I still get refills for my new...
[October 8, 2005, 19:31]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback While a datasheet might mention some expiry "feature" this is the sort of think that should be printed on the product packaging in large letters. THIS WILL NOT WORK AFTER (date)". It should also be possible to return unused product for a full...
[March 1, 2005, 19:37]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback The same thing happened to me as a previous commenter, I had 4 HP inkjet cartridges in which the yellow simply refused to print, and they were all just on 2 years old. I had a hour long argument with HP Cust Service here but all I got was, the...
[March 13, 2005, 19:33]
HP sued over 'expiring' cartridges
Talkback I am a Compaq ASE and will no longer recommend or buy anything from this company for this and many other reasons.
[February 23, 2005, 13:47]
Iomega launches hard-disk autoloader
News Iomega on Wednesday launched an autoloading version of its REV backup kit that uses hard-disk cartridges in place of tape. The REV Autoloader 1000 is a desktop PC-sized box that contains up to ten hard disk cartridges, each able to store 35GB of...
[October 14, 2004, 11:45]
RiteRecovery
Downloads RiteRecovery retrieves files from corrupted file systems: diskettes, hard disks, ZIP cartridges and other types of media, removable or non-removable. Supports almost all removable media recovery including floppy disks, ZIP cartridges, etc.as well...
[March 14, 2008, 20:54]
SyQuest plans March UK release for Zip killer
News Touted as a competitor to Iomega's huge-selling Zip removable storage drive, the SparQ (pronounced 'spark') packs 1Gb cartridges into a design closely resembling its rival's product. SyQuest says it shipped close to 50,000 SparQ drives and 90,000...
[February 2, 1998, 11:09]
Incentive or Unfairs business practice?
Talkback Many 'cheaper' versions of printer ink cartridges offer better value for money to the consumer as the majority of 'Branded' cartridges are not filled to capacity. Reducing/removing consumer choice as to whether they buy a half filled 'branded...
[February 10, 2007, 11:57]
HP sues printer cartridge refillers
News HP, much of whose profit comes from printer supplies, has sued two companies that sell refilled ink cartridges, but it stopped short of trying to block the refill business altogether. And on Monday, HP sued RhinoTek in US District Court for the...
[March 29, 2005, 9:20]
Excellent -- best purchase I've ever made!
Member Review instead of spending £50 on yet more ink cartridges for my 18-month-old Epson C70. The ink is far cheaper than Epson and, although I've yet to replace the cartridges, if the status monitor is accurate, they last far longer.
[February 28, 2004, 16:57]
'Super drive' tapes sell well
News More than 10 million data-storage tape cartridges with the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium format have been shipped since late 2000, a group of companies behind the standard said on Tuesday. LTO Ultrium cartridges hit the market in September 2000...
[July 23, 2003, 9:08]
Lexmark C530dn review
Reviews Lexmark's C530 series photoconductors are generally good for about 20,000 pages and the toner cartridges that ship with the C530dn will last for about 1,500 pages, so clearly, the photoconductor will outlast the toner.
[February 28, 2007, 13:27]
HP slates ink-refill device
News Singapore-based ink refill device maker Inke has replied to HP's claim that refilled ink cartridges suffer failure rates as high as 30 percent. Third-party remanufactured and refilled cartridges test lower than original cartridges on performance...
[September 30, 2003, 9:20]
HP settles inkjet refilling suit
News Hewlett-Packard settled its patent lawsuit with a company that refills used inkjet cartridges and resells them to business retail outlets. The patents cover the ink found in refurbished cartridges that are compatible with HP cartridges numbered 49...
[June 9, 2005, 10:40]
HP opens new front in war on refillers
News HP on Thursday accused a US cartridge reseller of refilling used printer cartridges with ink that relies on a formula for an HP-patented ink brand. HP holds 9,000 patents related to imaging and printing, 4,000 of them for consumable supplies such...
[October 21, 2005, 9:40]
