Epson has settled a class action suit filed over the questionable reporting of empty printer cartridges on many of the company’s printers. As you’ve likely experienced, the printer or the printer’s software will indicate that the cart is spent when you can clearly feel or hear that toner is left. In the settlement, buyers who purchased their printers online, and only at the Epson online store, from April 8, 1999 to May 8, 2006, are eligible for US$45 in Epson credit, or a $25 check and $20 in Epson credit, or 25% off, up to $100, at the online store.
Amazingly, the settlement does not require that Epon change the way their printers report empties, and apparently, Epson has no plans to change their practices. So, basically, Epson gives out a few free consolation carts, they continue a scuzzy business practice (we won’t even mention the criminal pricing of their cartridges), and the lawyers involved get to print some money of their own.
You can find the details of the settle at this site.
[Via Daily Tech]