Digital BW, The Print

I have confidence that the people who make the refillable cartridges and accessories will find a way around this. The Chinese are pretty clever at this sort of thing.

In the mean time, it might be a good idea to get organized and prepare for some kind of action.

Epson is taking exactly the same philosophical approach to marketing as Kodak did for over a century. Using professional photographers and more specifically, their work, to make appeals to the majority of the market, amateurs, to buy Epson217;s products. It\u2019s the same old, \u201cyou too can make pictures like this, if you just had our product\u201d.

With the proper organization perhaps we could approach Epson and tell them that we NEED these aftermarket inks and the RIP that drives them and because THEY refuse to make them available, we will have no other choice but to approach Canon and HP (like HP gives a shit about its customers!) to ask for them to provide what we need. Just spitballing, but if enough artists make enough noise and bad press for Epson, perhaps they will reconsider.

Personally, I don\u2019t understand why the idiots don\u2019t provide their OWN refillable cartridges and alternate inks sets. I can think of at least a couple other quite viable options, right off the top of my head. I\u2019m guessing Paul Roark could come up with a dozen!

From a business standpoint, this is Epson\u2019s New Coke, but they refuse to see it.