Here are a few facts relevant to the settlement of the HP lawsuit. Nothing is final until January 28 when the court gives its final approval.
HP has agreed to change the “low on ink” messages for their printers. The new message will say that ink level messages are estimates only and that cartridges can be used until print quality becomes unacceptable.
HP will disclose how to disable your printer’s underprinting fuction, or printing black text with color ink or a combination of black and color ink. You will now be able to print with the black cartridge only.
HP will also disclose the expiration date for ink cartridges and will state why expiration dates are used.
HP will set aside $5 million to provide credits worth $2 to $6 redeemable at its website. The credits will be redeemable for the purchase of printers and printer supplies.
Most interesting of all, and probably most disturbing to those of us waiting for our $2 – $6 credit, the Class counsel (those that represented us in the suits) will receive $2.9 million in attorney fees.
What is your reaction to all this? Take a minute and let me know. Thanks!
Here are December’s printer ink coupon codes. These are some good ones. You can save 10% on manufacturer brand cartridges and 15% on all compatible brand cartridges. Visit Pacific Ink to use the coupon codes.
Are you able to guess the dates in world history that correspond with these codes, and the dates shown? The answers are below.
DELAWARE – December 7
W1XAV – December 7
ALABAMA – December 14
TELEGRAPH – December 14
ROCK – December 21
WYNNE – December 21
IOWA – December 27
PLEDGE – December 27
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Answers:
December 7
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
December 14
1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
December 21
1620 – William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1913 – Arthur Wynne‘s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
December 28
1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1945 – The United States Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
