Requiring ink to scan a document - yet another insult from the printer industry

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[–]binaryblob 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Dell also does this. Can you get your money back in the EU if you have such a device?

[–]binaryblob 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's extortion, because a payment is required before a scan is made. It should be considered under criminal law, shouldn't it?

[–]LordBeetusRises 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like fraud to me. If I did this to someone, it would be labelled fraud for sure.

[–]makesyoudownvote 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As if it was even an industry.

Ink is the industry. Printers are a loss leader to make people buy ink.

[–]Gravi 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Printers are a goddamn scam, the one of the most successful ones, literally consumerism at it's peak.

[–]UbiquitousCultOfSelf 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wouldn't this only apply for the AIO or scanners front-ended by printer companies, i.e. hp,samsung,epson?
Pick up an old scanner, put a new CCL in if needed, use SANE or NAPS and away ya go, matey. They really didn't think this one through.