HP: Free 5x7 photo printing on the Tango Printer
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* Only for the new Tango Smart Home Printer,
* when you sign up for an ink subscription (starting at $3/month for 50 prints that rollover up to 100),
* photos up to 5x7 printed from a phone or tablet do NOT count against the monthly plan pages.
Really fascinating marketing move. The printer costs $150. Definitely a higher price than the average simple color printer. But it has interesting features and design. I don't really see the downside. Am I missing something?
Sure, you can't print from a Linux computer (although Android is 100% supported), etc. etc. But even for me, a techie, this seems like a cheap way to print small photos. And then, the ones that I like best I'll print at a larger size, up to 50 per month.
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More seriously. Maybe they hope to make it back with the glossy photo paper? $3 / 50 prints already seems quite expensive, the marginal cost of some ink is minimal, so for them it's better to give 'value' by giving more things, rather than lowering the cost (just like that ever larger cup of coffee shop coffee).