Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 7/25/2006 at 7:16 PM Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
OTOH....I have an HP1600 color
printer/scanner/copier that wasnt worth
$5 the day I bought it new. The ink is expensive the printer often
doesnt recognise the cartridge and even when I dont need
ink...scanning...it wont let it work unless I have ink in it. What a
waste of technology. Currently it isnt recognising the color ink
module so I will be pitching it into the trash tomorrow after less
than 300 copies.
I've never owned an inkjet printer. The whole idea smacks too much of King
Gillette.
Yup. Fast forward to 2009... "Introducing the new, gillette
Track 47 razor -- complete with training wheels to help you
support it while shaving!"
(Though Gillette had an interesting little "residence" in CT
complete with a small *train* that circled the property -- long
since sold to Lake Compounce(?) as a kiddy ride...)
I do recall seeing the IBM inkjet printer demo at NCC
back in 1970's. My
reaction was that it was such a complicated affair that (heavens!) couldn't
even print on NCR multipart paper, so what good was it, above being a very
clever bit of machinery?
OTOH, industrial inkjet printers are pretty interesting
devices (though really not very "clever" when you consider
the conditions under which they operate). But *really*
messy! (and, when one screws up, it can ruin a boatload
of packaged product real quick! :>)
IIRC, _The Medium is the Massage_ had a photo of printing
on an (raw) egg yolk. A good example of what you *could*
do with inkjet technology (though I'd have to re-examine
the photo to have a better idea if that is really what was
used)