Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin Franklin"
<darkroom@i...> wrote:
...by trying to prohibit other companies from making consumables.

Austin:
We're on the same page. Let the free market reigh. If a company prices
the basic product cheap hoping to make it up on the consumables and
somebody  is smart enough to duplicate the consumables, let it be. 

But, I have no sympathy for the consumer who didn't do their homework
and bought a printer before realizing what the manufacturer was going
to make thier money on the consumables. Nor do I believe we need laws
to protect the consumers who buy the manufacturers ink carts because
they never bothered to find alternatives. 

I simply would not have bought my Epson printer if aftermarket ink &
carts were not available. And I don't feel bad that the price was
subsidized by consumers who buy Epson carts. 

Bob Michaels