Digital BW, The Print

BTW:  

1) "Tying" is already illegal in many circumstances, we don't 
need "more regulation" to accomplish that -- all we need is 
enforcement of laws already on the books..

2)  The trigger for initiating enforcement of actions for "tying" is 
often the penetration/ubiquity of products in the marketplace. 
Inkjets printers are approaching that "critical mass," just as 
office copiers did..

3)  Imagine if you were "required" to use Windows on an Intel CPU 
machine or lose any warranty... That's what a world where tying is 
allowed would look like.  In the case of inkjets, if you used 3rd 
party inks, EPSON and other companies could void your warranty even 
if that had NOTHING to do with the product failure.. I assume you do 
expect your warranties to be honored by EPSON in such cases, or 
would you just chalk it up to experience and buy another printer?

Keith