[Nbox9]

Ink cartridges is only a $1B global industry [0]. That isn’t a small market, but the global printing industry, with all digital content being transferred onto any 2d mediums through automatic means is probably closer to $1T. Think about every book, every magazine, every coffee mug with a funny saying, every graphic TShirt. In the world.

The ink cartridges are good money, but it’s not where the money is at.

[0] https://www.rfdtv.com/story/42630937/global-ink-cartridges-m...

[yjftsjthsd-h]

That actually upsets me more: we're beset by stupid DRM and price-gouging on ink, and it's not even that profitable?

[floatboth]

Are we anymore? I've been to an electronics store recently, most printers on display were ink tank models. Even HP ones!

[dr_orpheus]

It's not the main source of revenue, but for personal printing most of the money comes from selling ink cartridges. My dad used to work for a printer company and he said that on personal printer sales they usually broke even or sometimes sold at a loss. But all of that was made up with the profit margin on ink cartridge sales.