CANON Made Your Printer Reject the Ink You Already Bought

Scanning requires zero ink. Faxing requires zero ink. Canon locked both behind a full cartridge. Two federal class-action lawsuits followed. And the ink inside that $40 printer? Up to $2,300 per liter — more expensive than Dom Pérignon, more expensive than Beluga caviar. This is the story of the razor-and-blade model taken to its limit: how Canon made the price of ink invisible for decades, how its own support forums documented the scanner lock as far back as 2015, and how two plaintiffs in New York forced the number into the public record. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Printer That Refused to Scan 1:00 The Empire Nobody Questioned 1:55 The Razor and the Blade 4:00 The Forum Posts From 2015 5:40 The Lawsuit They Couldn't Ignore 7:30 The Trap Becomes the Story 9:45 What the Market Is Saying 11:30 What This Actually Teaches Us If this story made you think twice about your printer, subscribe. #Canon #PrinterInk #ConsumerRights