Bruce,

Sound like a scheme wherein HP will claim that the ink in a cartridge is
only good for
a certain length of time perhaps from its first use and that the nvram picks
up a date
of first use from the driver on the computer -- or -- worse yet from a date
of manufacture
stored on the nvram.  In either case, I'd bet that the printer (and
cartridge) is getting
some current date info. from the computer and the logic in the printer
decides that
you've had those cartridges in your printer long enough.

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Bruce Toback wrote in message ...
>Hi all,
>
>Recycling has been the bane of printer manufacturers' existance ever
>since the first low-end laser and inkjet printers were shipped fifteen
>years ago. After all, the printer manufacturer makes a lot more money
>when you throw away the print cartridge and buy a new one than when you
>simply replace the consumables and continue using the same cartridge
>until it *really* needs replacing.


SNIP

>So I guess I'm off to the store to get two more $36 ink cartridges. While
>I'm there, I'll check out the printer selection and see if there's a
>non-HP B-size color printer with PostScript 3. I don't mind buying
>genuine HP consumables, but I sure mind being screwed by their misguided
>-- and faulty -- recycle-prevention scheme.
>
>-- Bruce
>
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