Slogo – Member
Printers are so cheap! the money must be in the inks. I’m sure the inks are the same. Just a bigger mark up.
I thought everyone knew this! It’s the razorblade principle; sell a handle and a couple of blades cheap, then charge the earth for the replacement blade cartridges.
It must be said, some genuine inks are very light-fast, Epson in particular are archive quality, virtually fade free for anything up to a century, apparently. I did see a test done comparing Epson, Lexmark, HP and Canon, using a high-power UV bulb in a darkened room, with an example of each printer with half of the print covered up, and left for a week.
The Lexmark faded by nearly seventy percent, the others less so, and the Epson showed no fading at all.
That’s what you pay for if making prints for display, otherwise, it’s not important.