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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 19:12:05 -0600, "NJ" <someone@example.net> wrote:
>To me, all these things look like is a few plastic bottles, some tubes, and
>some microchips with some cartridges.
>
>Why do they cost so much?
>
Because they are generally excellent quality (cf Permajet) and to get
excellent quality *independent* inks means that you have to have a
research budget the same as Epson do. It may not be as large, but you
still need it. And sometimes you get better results. For example, the
Epson inks for the 2100/2200 don't play well with glossy paper. The
ones from Permajet do.
Remember, you don't just set up an ink company, throw some colours in
a bottle ands sell them.
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