The man therefore concludes that Canon users are forced to buy new ink, even if they want to use a function that does not require ink at all. He therefore goes to court and calls on others to participate, writes The Register.
The lawsuit is now before a federal judge in New York state. The man, David Leacraft, blames Canon for offering its printers as multifunction machines without warning consumers about the need to always have ink in the printer.
Leacraft demands that Canon pay compensation to all victims. He also wants Canon to stop the marketing campaign and clearly state that you also need an ink cartridge for scanning and faxing.
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Canon wants to make money from cartridges
Canon could potentially have to pay out at least $5 million ($4.2 million) because more than a hundred people could participate in the lawsuit. Possible victims include at least all people who have bought a similar Canon printer in New York State.
Leacraft himself paid about a hundred dollars for his Canon Pixma MG2522. In the court documents Leacraft’s attorneys point out that printer manufacturers often offer their printers dirt cheap because they actually make their money selling ink cartridges. The requirement to always have enough ink in your Canon printer, even if you don’t use that ink, is therefore a simple attempt to squeeze more money out of consumers, they argue.
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