FWIW, a page 1 article in the June 2002 HP World (which I've already uh
filed) claims that HP is doing the "green" thing by redesigning toner
cartridges to hold MORE toner, in order to minimize recycling cycles.  Of
course 'designing' doesn't mean deploying and this sounds like just so much
spin, call me cynical.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Sielaff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 8:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The new "HP WAY"?
>
>
> Has anyone confirmed this?  I'll stop buying these for the desk top
> if thats the case.
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Yantis" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 5:11 PM
> Subject: [HP3000-L] The new "HP WAY"?
>
>
> Brian Eickholt, brings forth a word of caution: "HP has
> recently been fixing
> the lower-priced printers so their consumables don't last as
> long. The three
> HP printers I know about are the 612C, 812C and the 940. All
> three of these
> printers use a special black cartridge that looks like a
> normal cartridge,
> but only holds 21ml of ink in comparison to 42ml of ink for
> the standard
> cartridges. The printers are designed to only accept these special
> cartridges and cannot use the standard cartridge. The kicker
> is that both
> cartridges usually cost the same price at the store, so in
> the end, you pay
> twice as much for the same amount of ink.
>
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