{"id":1091,"date":"2012-05-02T09:18:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T07:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2012-05-02T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T07:20:01","slug":"planned-obsolescence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/2012\/05\/02\/planned-obsolescence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Obsolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A set of new inkjet cartridges can cost more than the printer itself. Also, you may be prevented from using every expensive drop of pigment. Many ink cartridges come with proprietary smart chips on them that disable printing when one of the colors falls to a certain level, even if there&#8217;s really enough ink to do the job. Plus, the smart chips can discourage refilling or use of third-party ink. This is known as &#8220;notification obsolescence&#8221; which is a type of obsolescence that companies\u00a0developed which tells the user when it&#8217;s time to buy a replacement.\u00a0\u00a0Each large laser printer cartridge requires about three quarts of oil and 2.5 pounds of plastic to make. Some water filters have similar technology that calls for replacement before the medium is necessarily used up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solutions for consumers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy cheaper generic cartridges, particularly ones that let you refill the ink. This cuts down on plastic use, and saves you money.<\/li>\n<li>Print less. Use draft and grayscale settings to save ink, and optimize content from the Web or e-mail before you send to the printer, so you don&#8217;t waste ink on headers, footers and ads you don&#8217;t want.<\/li>\n<li>You can also skip printing by using online backup services, Google docs and e-mailing things to yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Print only when necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vend123.com\/images\/cms\/Image\/ink%20cartridges.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<div>If you want to learn more, look at these youtube videos<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9VLQmN01-5Y\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9VLQmN01-5Y<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycD4XkUtbIw&amp;feature=player_embedded\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ycD4XkUtbIw&amp;feature=player_embedded<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A set of new inkjet cartridges can cost more than the printer itself. Also, you may be prevented from using every expensive drop of pigment. Many ink cartridges come with proprietary smart chips on them that disable printing when one of the colors falls to a certain level, even if there&#8217;s really enough ink to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}