No that's not really true. The cartridge could easily be marked electronically with an expiration date and the printer could verify whether or not that date has passed when it connects to the computer. Of course there are ways around that, in theory, but I really have no idea what I am talking about anyway.
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nial @ Dec 19th 2005 2:14AM
No that's not really true. The cartridge could easily be marked electronically with an expiration date and the printer could verify whether or not that date has passed when it connects to the computer. Of course there are ways around that, in theory, but I really have no idea what I am talking about anyway.