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[–] pepperprepper 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I have always had a conspiracy theory that the ink management requirements are set by national security input. All printers have a yellow dot pattern added to every print to identify the printer by a forensics team. I wonder if this is why the ink landscape is so shifty. They want to make sure those dots get printed. My thought on why you can't print black and white when you are only missing colored ink.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] db2 5 points 10 months ago

The conspiracy theory falls apart with black only printers. 🤷