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Sorry I¹m jumping in the conversation a bit late, but the best place to stay abreast of a lot of these issues is ReCharger magazine. Go to <http://rechargermag.com/> . There¹s a good amount of stuff on Epson and HP in the archives -- their efforts to thwart remanufacturers, and remanufacturers efforts to thwart OEMs, etc. As an example, check out <http://www.rechargermag.com/article.asp?id=200410214.1> . For some basics on the printer pricing schemes that OEMs play, go to <http://peripherals.about.com/library/weekly/aa071801a.htm> and <http://peripherals.about.com/library/weekly/aa022202a.htm>. There are no dates on these articles and they are pretty basic, but they have some good reference sites they link to as well. As an aside, we did a study for a large teaching hospital complex a few years ago. When they opted to use a cartridge and inkjet remanufacturer for their printers and copy machines they cut their monthly procurement costs by roughly $5,000! The remanufacturer they chose even did printer maintenance and cleaning free of charge and warranteed product success. All that said, I tried to contact that remanufacturer recently and they have been gobbled up by a large conglomerate. I¹m now trying to find another company in our region to recommend and do business with. To me, forget the savings, I think the greatest virtue is doing business with local companies. Hope this is helpful. DB David Biddle, Executive Director P.O. Box 4037 Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-247-3090 215-432-8225 (mobile) Dbiddle@no.address WWW.GPCRC.COM |
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