On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:34:19 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:10:38 +0000 (UTC), "J.G."
wrote:

Point is, the ONLY reason HP ink costs as much as it does
is that it is an integral part of their sales strategy.

...and or they have a government contract. Don't know now, but their
corporate network printers were ~ $25,000.

That's not unusual. Some of Kodaks (ink jets, even) run well into the
million$.

Toner locally was ~ $100.00 a pop. I _had_ to buy two printers (50K)
through the contract. This meant $200 ever so often for local priced
toner.