Chipping Away at Competition
Robert L. Ellis,
PoliTechBot,
Feb 07, 2003
I'll just post this and let readers draw their own conclusions: "in my office, for example, have a crappy little digital copier that automatically shuts down when it decides its toner cartridge is empty -- whether it's empty or not. We can't refill it. We can't buy an aftermarket toner. Hell, we can't even shake it and get a few more copies out of it. Our toner cartridge has an encrypted chip in it, so we no longer actually run out of toner, we run out of chip. The machine will work only if we put in a new, "genuine" replacement toner that likewise has an encrypted chip. And guess what -- the 'genuine' replacements cost about twice as much as similar toner cartridges for unchipped products." In all fairness, here's a reply.
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