According to business week, inkjet sales dropped at HP by 5%.
Which is fine by me, as I am an inkjet bigot. Why? Let me count the ways, presenting 8 reasons why I hate inkjet.
1. Product teams are run by MBA types who only come within 100 feet of a printing business by accident (and no Kinkos doesn't count)
2. Used ink catridges are small enough to choke seagulls.
3. Ink more expensive than platinium.
4. All printer drivers written for inkjets are coded by retarded teenagers from the republic of Wazerbijan.
5. Patent protection guarantees billions in profit to huge conglomartes like Hewlett Packard and Epson. Color me excited.
6. You want addition to the color gamut? Please buy our Light Cyan, Light Magenta combo for only an extra $150.
7. Selling pitch of inkjet press manufacturer: Replace your pressmen who want decent wages because they have families to support with 20 year old retard teenagers from the republic of Wazerbijan (no offense to Wazerbijan immigrants who are known to be hardworking and courteous).
8. Ink only slightly less toxic than Agent Orange.
I woulda written ten reasons, but it's past midnight and I promised wifey I wouldn't stay up late. Another broken promise.
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What do you think of Kodak’s cheap ink approach to consumer inkjets?
It’s only a matter of time before they start making models for commercial use.
Disclosure: I work for Kodak, but have no inside knowledge of any future products. This is solely my own personal opinion.
Hi El Gordo:
Kodak’s inkjet strategy is worthy of a post in itself. But with regard to the marketing approach of selling cheap ink, I don’t know how successful that will be. I mean, they have to do something different anyways as HP/Epson and maybe Cannon have a lock on the market.
I do know that most people don’t use their inkjets as nearly much as they would like because the ink is just so expensive. I mean, stupidly so. Which is why toner engines for the consumer market seem to becoming more and more popular.
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