For me the end of Lexmark was their abuse of the DMCA.<p><a href="http://www.eff.org/cases/lexmark-v-static-control-case-archive" rel="nofollow">http://www.eff.org/cases/lexmark-v-static-control-case-archi...</a><p>After hearing about that, when people ask me to recommend printers, I'd tell them about Lexmark and their business practices. Do you really want to buy a printer from a company that tries to abuse copyright law to shut out third party ink suppliers?