Because you don't paid real cost of inkjet printer directly, they sold much cheaper than cost, but you pay difference when buying ink.
This is same business model as with game consoles, PS5 is also sold much cheaper than cost it's hardware on free market, but people than buying games and paying for subscriptions and Sony earn money from fees.
Unfortunately, game console hardware is not cheap to produce and the same with inkjet printer hardware - they are really complicated.
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Because you don't paid real cost of inkjet printer directly, they sold much cheaper than cost, but you pay difference when buying ink.
This is same business model as with game consoles, PS5 is also sold much cheaper than cost it's hardware on free market, but people than buying games and paying for subscriptions and Sony earn money from fees.
Unfortunately, game console hardware is not cheap to produce and the same with inkjet printer hardware - they are really complicated.