sorry .... erm .... because they can!
the whole concept of colour inkjet printing is only for the ridiculously rich or the financially irresponsible ;-)
the only upside of the whole thing is that given a couple of months and a little sunlight the pikkie will fade so completely that
you can re use the paper
thanks but my pictures don't fade if kept in an album ( 3 years and as good as new) for 6 by 4 i buy a4 from ALDI and cut it down so that i get 400 photos for about a fiver.
ron