Kodak printers are gone, but the ink sells on - sublettandere

If you own a Kodak inkjet pressman, you probably bought it for the supercheap ink. So if at that place's any consolation to Kodak's announcement that it would finish selling inkjet printers, it's that Kodak promises to keep selling you ink.

Ink will Be open for several more years

Kodak interpreter Krista Gleason emphasized, "Kodak will extend to sell ink to its customers, respect all ware warranties, and put up technical support and service. Customer service remains a precedency." For how long? "The expected life of the printers," says Kodak, noting that the industry average is 3 to four years.

The company added it anticipates supporting ink sales beyond that as long as consumer demand remains strong. Much the same was said last calendar month, when Lexmark declared it was exiting the inkjet printer business.

Kodak will sell ink for different more years.

Spell both vendors merit reference for not leaving users in the lurch, this is non just about customer service. We all know that the real profit for printer companies is in the ink OR toner that fuels the printers. Kodak's announcement stated clearly that continuing ink sales are a part of its efforts to emerge from Chapter 11 failure: "Kodak has continued to manage its Consumer Inkjet business for profitability, and…starting in 2022, it will focus that business organization on the sales agreement of ink to its installed base."

Better printers didn't come before long enough

That installed base has never been cock-a-hoop, because Kodak's printers have never been that good. The products cared-for be slow, and piece photo quality was excellent, other features and capabilites tended to be underwhelming.

The one Kodak pressman I was ever willing to recommend, the Part Hero 6.1, had a good feature set and good overall print quality, not just for photos. Regrettably, it was still slower than a printer intentional for office use should personify.

Models like the Second sight 3.2 were slow.

Scrappy Kodak pitted its small and unremarkable product line against a grim catamenia of shiny other machines from better established and better capitalized competitors, like Brother, Canyon, Epson, and HP.

Reported to Keith Kmetz of IDC, "Kodak's market portion out never achieved the levels the company hoped for, and Kodak's financial struggles ready-made the company's consumer inkjet effort very difficult." Realistically, it belik never had much of a chance unless it successful a fundamentally better printer.

If Kodak's problems sound a good deal like Lexmark's, that's no coincidence. You have to trade the razor in front you prat trade the razor brand. Just if your razor is mediocre, users will abandon your product for a better one. That's bad news for razor-blade (or pressman) sales.

Although I'm actually kinda tragic to see Kodak go, when I consider the many challenges it was unable to overcome, I'm not surprised.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/461521/kodak-printers-are-gone-but-the-ink-sells-on.html

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