Having worked at Xerox with colleagues who had been surplused from the
inkjet division when it was axed, I can attest that this is entirely
correct. Xerox's business model for inkjet printers assumed an average
monthly $ value ink purchase to make the venture profitable. Firstly,
the amount was not realistic. Second, given the established
competition, they had a hard row to hoe just to get any sort of market
share. Third, the product group launched just as Rick "The Pr#$!k"
Thoman was totally screwing the company and its employees with his
accounting gymnastics.
Earl
Chris Barker wrote:
>I think that it is generally recognised that inkjet manufacturers are
>manufacturing printers as a sideline, or to draw in buyers of ink.
>They probably don't make money on their sales of the printers, per se,
>but make a mint on the ink cartridges. Inkjets have always been more
>expensive to use as document printers than lasers. I have not looked
>at colour lasers recently, but I wonder how the comparison works now.
>
>Chris
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