Get used to it! Why do you think they [Printer companys] make very, very
many different models every couple of days that are basically the same with
gradual improvements sometimes ? So a majority of people don't get attached
to one certain model and everyone stays confused on the difference of each
one. Therefore no one knows which one to stay away from or which is best or
better.
Because of this type marketing, your printer is considered old after 1 year
and after an average of 4 years will not work with the latest OS.
Marketing, don't you love it....
Vegas_Madman said:
please read below: HP CREATED this Apollo Abomination & is hiding from it.
The 612c driver DOES NOT WORK w/ Win
XP. Period. I have tried every trick your & Brazillian apollo sites
suggest. The printer works fine w/ my old EMacines Win98SE computer. But I
have outgrown that one and do not intend to be COERCED into buying another
printer when I already have one THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE MACHINE
I BOUGHT! And I am posting the fact you own Apollo on EVERY BULLETIN BORD ON
THE PLANET! The following article PROVES IT:
HP to print cheap inkjets January 6, 1999: 12:58 p.m. ET Company forms new
unit to make sub-$100 computer printers NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Hewlett Packard
Co. said Wednesday it plans to enter the low-end inkjet printer market and
has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Apollo Consumer Products Inc., to sell
the under-$100 line. Sub-$1,000 PCs have become the industry standard in the
past year as computer makers have stepped up their aggressive pricing
efforts. By developing a line of printers selling for less than $100, HP
hopes to continue the trend of lower and lower computer hardware prices and
further establish the company's market dominance. In an interview with
CNNfn, HP CEO and Chairman Lewis Platt said, "We expect (Apollo) will have a
very positive effect on margins. We stayed out of the...'ultra-low-end' of
the inkjet printer business for a while because we were concerned about
margins. We think with this new subsidiary -- it has very few people, it
does a lot of outsourcing -- that we've conquered the margin problem at the
ultra-low-end." "We expect it will add to the overall margins of HP, rather
than detract from it," he added. San Diego-based Apollo will have
separate headquarters, management, distribution and sales force from
parent company Hewlett-Packard (HWP). The new company expects to launch its
sub-$100 line of printers in the United States and Europe this Spring.
"Apollo employs a new business model that best meets consumer needs at the
low end and also gives the sales channel the opportunity to
customize its product line by offering a range of printers at different
price points, including the ultra-low end," said Antonio M. Perez, HP vice
president and general manger of the Inkjet Products group. HP stock was up
1-9/16 to 71-1/4 at midday. RELATED STORIES HP slashes PC prices - Dec. 21,
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