Uzwile konke ukufaniswa ngaphambili. Isibonelo, uma ungaqhathanisa amanani per gallon, uzothola ukuthi iphrinta inkino ebiza ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi omunye uketshezi ngaphandle kungenzeka Chanel No. 5, LSD, kanye nesifo se-cobra. Kodwa impela kungani inkinobho yephrinta ibiza kakhulu? Lona ngumbuzo engangiwubuza uThim Brown, uchwepheshe we-ink ehlala e-HP. U-Thom waqala ngokuzithoba ngombono wokuthi ungafunda noma yikuphi ukusetshenziswa kokusetshenziswa kwe-apula-to-oranges kwenkinobho yephrinta kwezinye iziphuzo eziningi, njengoba umthamo omkhulu wesikhathi kanye nomzamo wokuzikhandla uya ekwakheni i-printer ink - nalapho uthenga i-cartridge entsha ye-inkjet, ubuye uthenge isihloko esiyinkimbinkimbi esiphezulu esivumela i-inkino ukwenza izinhlamvu ekhasini noma ukudala isithombe esinamandla esibukhali. Bheka, uthi, ngokusetshenziswa okuhlanzekile futhi izinto zibukeka zihlukile. I-Red Bull ingadla imali engaba ngu-$ 4 kodwa injabulo, uma yilokho okukubizayo, ihlala emaminithini ambalwa, kanti i-cartridge ye-inkjet ingahlala izinyanga noma amakhulu wamakhasi ngesilinganiso se-pennies kuphela ekhasini ngalinye.
Futhi ukuzwa uT Thom ukuchaza, kuyamangalisa ukuthi i-cartridges ye-inkjet isebenza nhlobo. Uthi umshini wokunyathelisa i-inkjet ufike, uthi, ngawo-1970 lapho umenzi we-HP ebukele indebe yekhomishi ye-percolator futhi emangalisa ukuthi inqubo ingenzeka ngaphandle kwezinyathelo ezihambayo, nje ngokushisa kwamandla, futhi wazibuza ukuthi inqubo efanayo ingafaka kanjani inkinobho ekhasini. On a cartridge inkjet ezishisayo, kunjalo.
"I-cartridge encane kufanele ihlale eshalofini elindele ukuthengwa, bese uhlala ephrinta yakho," usho kanje. "Ngakho inkinobho ifomu elimanzi futhi kufanele lizinze izinyanga ezingu-18 ngezikhathi ezithile." Uma iphrinta isetshenzisiwe, lokho kuguqulwa kwamanzi kagesi kusho ngokushesha kakhulu njengoba inkinobho idabula ibhuloho lokudubula (i-cartridge ngayinye inamakhulu alawa, ngayinye yazo ingxenye yesithathu ububanzi bentwele yomuntu). UBrown uthi i-inki 300 degrees Celsius mayelana ne-nanosecond njengoba isusiwe, futhi ibhuloho ngalinye lidubula izikhathi ezingaba ngu-36 000 ngomzuzwana. (Uma kwenzeka wazibuza, i-ink ihamba cishe ngamamayela angu-30 ngehora ngalesi sigaba - futhi ngokwebanga lokungena kanye nokuchithwa, i-inkdrop eqondiswa endaweni yayo efanele ephepheni, u-Brown uthi, ngokulinganayo ukuphonsa amagilebhisi esakhiweni sezitezi ezingu-30 ebhakedeni emgwaqweni.) Kumelwe ukushaya leli phepha ngokudonsa okuphelele, noma kungabe kungabonakali kahle emfanekisweni ophumela. Futhi-ke kufanele isule ngokushesha, futhi, nethemba elilodwa, lingaguquki ngokuphila kwedokhumenti noma isithombe.
Kunzima ukungavumelani noBrown lapho ehleka futhi ethi, "Kuyamangalisa ukuthi kusebenza nhlobo."
Inkimbinkimbi ye-inki ngayinye yisisusa sokuthi unxusa abantu ukuba bangaqedi ama-cartridges abo, yize i-HP ingathathi izinyathelo zokuvimbela abantu ukuba bangenzi kanjalo, uthi - empeleni, bayaqiniseka ukuthi abantu bazoba nesipiliyoni esibi I-refill manje ehlinzeka ngohlelo lwe-Ink Amnesty Program lapho, uma wabelana ngolwazi lwakho nge-ref refinery, bazohlinzeka isaphulelo se-20% kwi-cartridge esikhundleni. Awudingi ukuhambisa indaba enenhlanhla noma, nakuba uBrown uthi amathuba okuba uthanda, kusukela umbiko we-Lyra Research kusukela ngo-2009 waphawula ukuthi amaphesenti angu-50 alabo abaye bazama izinsizakalo zokuthengisa ezigcwala ama-cartridges angenalutho "ayenganeliseki "ngesipiliyoni (ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angama-30" anelisekile kakhulu ").
Ama-Browns athi kuthatha i-HP eminyakeni emithathu kuya kwemihlanu ukuthuthukisa i-cartridge entsha, enezingxenye ezingaba ngu-1 000 ezakhiwe futhi zalahlwa endleleni. Isizathu sokuthi kuningi kakhulu ukuhlangabezana nezidingo ezahlukene zabathengi; futhi ukushintsha okukodwa kokubili noma izithako ezinjalo kungathatha iresiphi entsha ngokuthembeka nokuzinza. Uthi, "Kuningi u-inki kunamanzi nodayi," kusho yena, futhi njengoba ukubunjwa kwabo kungabanikazi, izinkampani ezenza ukuvuselelwa ngokuqinisekile azisebenzi ngendlela efanayo. Lokhu kungabangela ukuphrinta okuvinjiweyo noma ukusebenza okungathembeki.