The Revolutionary Ink Blog
Although it might be hard to believe at first, reading an ink blog is actually a somewhat revolutionary act that is arming you with some of the best information that a consumer could have before going into battle at the office supply store. For decades the printing supply industry has been dominated by a handful of mega corporations, almost (and sometimes literally) the sinister zaibatsu of digital lore, which have individually and collectively priced their products to be more expensive than the most pricey wine in the world. Valued at several thousand dollars per gallon it is a substance more valued even than oil: ink.
So how does reading a blog or series of articles about ink turn one into a pistol wielding revolutionary? The answer to that is a little more complicated than you might think, but in essence it boils down to making you a smarter shopper. By knowing what your options are, realizing that there are cheaper products on the market than what you will find at a big box office store (run by companies with business interests in alignment with the zaibatsu), you have the power to shift the marketplace and change the corporate policy of organizations that employ thousands of people and have economies bigger than many developed nations. Choosing to buy a remanufactured ink cartridge is not only good for the environment; it is a shot across the bow of HP or Canon printers.
Do yourself and printing consumers all over the industrial world a favor and read up as much as you can now, so that you can be a better, more revolutionary shopper tomorrow. You might not be able to change the world all by yourself, but you can save yourself a ton of money and frustrate the marketers and designers of all that proprietary security technology they put in printers all at the same time.