On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:57:51 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Camaleón put forth on 10/27/2010 1:05 PM: >> There are also "compatible" toner cartridges at lower prices, which I >> would also avoid :-) > > There is no reason to avoid these Camaleón. They work just fine. The > only difference is that ZERO of the profit goes to the printer > manufacturer.
Not in my experience. I've seen many companies losing time and money because they are unable to properly evaluate their situation (here in Spain we have a saying -not sure how it translates into English- "lo barato sale caro" or "you get what you pay for". > One of the tenets of FOSS is a free or low cost alternative to > commercial software. Why then, as a FOSS advocate, would you tell > people to avoid products made by companies who are trying to save > consumers money while at the same time providing a quality product? No need to be so "picky". The same I recommend sticking with memory RAM modules that have been certified by the motherboard manufacturer I also recommend the use of original toner cartridges (or ink). Take it as just my experience, your mileage may vary. But you mean I'm not "FLOSS-friendly" just for advocating this? Heck, I also avoid using compatible cell phone batteries so I should fall into hell by all this (just kidding). Taking the price of original toner cartridges for home user printers is not that high (~35-50€?) and the span of the toner (1.000-2.500 pages?) I think sticking to the orginal ones is worth for it. For business devices toner prices are higher but also "expectations" (color matching and printing quality is a must for some industries). > BTW, in most circumstances, under U.S. law, the printer manufacturers > can't void your warranty for using non OEM cartridges. Toner and ink > are consumables, same as gasoline. Under U.S. law GM can't say you can > only buy your gas from Exxon stations or they'll void your warranty. > Same situation. Warranty is not voided (at least here in Spain, dunno for other countries), but that is not the main concern when your printer is 10/15 years old (should you break it, you have to pay it and duplex fuser is costly and is also hard to find spare parts for old hardware, you know) :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.10.28.08.08...@gmail.com
