Hewlett Packard Ink Cartridges - Longevity & Quality
Ink is an age-old product that has been around for over 5,000 years. Humans have been putting print to paper for hundreds of years, long before monks used quills to copy religious documents. It took Johannes Gutenberg three years to print 200 copies of the Bible. Fortunately, for modern civilization, the research efforts of Hewlett Packard and other ink cartridges manufacturers allow us to print hundreds of copies in a single day.
There’s little doubt that some compatible inks do live up to their claims. With proprietary rights limitations and quick expiration dates of those rights, it’s easy for another company to analyze the ink in, let’s say a Hewlett Packard ink cartridge, come up with the formula, manufacture and market the ink for less than Hewlett Packard. Since these third-party companies don’t need to research their products, their production costs are far less than those of the original manufacturer are.
Printer manufacturers expect inkjet cartridge sales this year will exceed the sales of printers. So, Hewlett Packard like other printer manufacturers keeps pouring money into ink cartridges research to keep a proprietary piece of this lucrative market. There are many reasons to purchase proprietary Hewlett Packard ink cartridges. One big reason is simply that, “what goes around comes around”. If consumers expect more durability, longevity, and quality in their inkjet cartridges and print media, then they have to be willing to fund the research efforts of inkjet manufacturers like Hewlett Packard with their purchase of OEM inks.
Not long ago, technology pundits proclaimed the inevitability of the paperless office. However, today the hard copy is still an integral part of every business. More documents are printed than ever before and paper use continues to escalate at a rate of six to eight percent a year. Consumer demand for new and better printers and print supplies, like Hewlett Packard ink cartridges, is seen in the remarkably low prices of printers and even multi-function machines that will scan, copy, and fax as well as print. Nevertheless, the truth is that there is no free lunch. If we want better print options, we need to pay for the research it takes to bring them to us.
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