Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:48:32 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Duplex printer advice Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGELJCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080604060319.235a9a54@scorpio>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gerard > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:03 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Duplex printer advice > > > On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:01:09 +0200 (CEST) > Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > > > isn't all that hard but for some reason the printer manufacturers > > > ship these machines with very low RAM. > > > > the reason is to force you then buy high-priced RAMs for them. > > The market for printers is a very competitive one. Any manufacturer has > to factor in the cost of the base machine, plus addition components, so > as to compute a selling price that will be competitive with his > competition. A manufacturer could easily load up his product will all > the RAM he wanted; however, if he could not sell the product, or at > least a sufficient number of them to turn a profit, then that effort > would be for naught. > > Personally, I have not found the secondary RAM market to be all that > expensive anyway. If there is no need to spit out 24 sheets per minute, > then why waste the resources on it? > Obviously you never participated in a pissing contest when you were a boy... ;-) Ted
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