Lexmark... Why are all the world's Lexmarks sites down?

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:50:59 -0500, Taliesyn <taliesyn4@netscape.net>
wrote:

>Just noticed that all the Lexmark country sites are down.
>Can't get into US, Canada, UK, France, etc....
>
>Is there something happening we should know about?
>What have they done now? ;-)
>
>-Taliesyn

Works now. At least the Canadian site does. After leaving their
site unchanged for I don't know how long (been the same for as long as
I can remember), they seem to have finally gone and updated the site
layout. Presumably, you tried when they were uploading all the new
stuff to their servers.
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MCheu

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Taliesyn <taliesyn4@netscape.net> wrote in news:2vf9oqF2l53qfU1@uni-
berlin.de:

> Just noticed that all the Lexmark country sites are down.
> Can't get into US, Canada, UK, France, etc....
>
> Is there something happening we should know about?
> What have they done now? ;-)
>
> -Taliesyn
>


Maybe it has something to do with an article this week in ZDNetUK:

"Speaking at a business computing conference in London, Stephen
Prentice, general vice-president of hardware research for Gartner,
estimated that printer owners are spending around £1,200 per litre on
ink.

"A new printer costs £110," said Prentice. "The cost of an ink cartridge
is £70. I worked it out and a litre of colour ink would cost £1,200.
That's more than Chanel No.5 or a good bottle of whisky would cost."



JHanson

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John A. Hanson wrote:
> Taliesyn <taliesyn4@netscape.net> wrote in news:2vf9oqF2l53qfU1@uni-
> berlin.de:
>
>> Just noticed that all the Lexmark country sites are down.
>> Can't get into US, Canada, UK, France, etc....
>>
>> Is there something happening we should know about?
>> What have they done now? ;-)
>>
>> -Taliesyn
>>
>
>
> Maybe it has something to do with an article this week in ZDNetUK:
>
> "Speaking at a business computing conference in London, Stephen
> Prentice, general vice-president of hardware research for Gartner,
> estimated that printer owners are spending around £1,200 per litre on
> ink.
>
> "A new printer costs £110," said Prentice. "The cost of an ink
> cartridge is £70. I worked it out and a litre of colour ink would
> cost £1,200. That's more than Chanel No.5 or a good bottle of whisky
> would cost."
>
>
>
> JHanson


I don't know of any carts that cost *THAT* much. I can get a double set of
tanks for my R800 for £80 and for my i9950 for £30 (not including red and
green though, ta very much JetTec!)
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lose his marbles?