![]() It's particularly galling that not only do they charge hugely marked-up prices for ink, but the printers are designed to clean themselves by.using up ink. Much has been made of the high cost of printer ink-for the price of one gallon of ink, you can buy 2,250 gallons of milk, and ink is more expensive than champagne, Chanel perfume, and human blood. I also have a psychological block with the practice of "ink gouging"-the typical model of selling printers cheap but ink dear. I have to admit that when I look back on my history of home printing without blinders on, it's pockmarked with failure. It's an expensive business, really too expensive for a home enthusiast. My Stylus Photo R2880 is still going and will have to see me out, I think, as long as I can still get the inks. I guess professionals can recoup the cost, but it's out of the question for me. But a set of inks for these printers totals AU$711. The Epson P800 is still on sale here, for AU$1,596 = US$1,005. Reader Peter Croft, who lives in Australia, said yesterday:
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