Digital BW, The Print

>
> The fact that large corporations CAN use different laws in different
> countries is all very real and possible for them, but perhaps they 
> should
> ask themselves (as in the case with Pelikan link you provided) if it is
> sensible or a coherent strategy for them to do. If they allowed 
> themselves
> to 'allow' the third party element, they might have to raise prices
> worldwide but it would open up major opportunites for them.
>
FWIW, for about a year 3rd party refilled carts, made in Germany, have 
been on sale here in Denmark in all the high street shops for all inkjet 
printers at half the price of OEM´s. When I asked in a local shop about 
them I was told that they are not garanted to work but so far no one has 
returned them and the shop does sell more of them than OEM´s. 
Presumably, we are not talking archival ink here and we suspect that 
most of the inks come from just a few manufactures. I would not be too 
surprised if the carts available here were similar to the " Darn good 
inks" supplied in the US and elsewhere.

Here, Lexmark was always more popular here than Epson, followed by HP 
and the current trend is a move to Canon. Canon´s individual ink tanks 
being a major selling point.

Jerry.