Digital BW, The Print

I think you will find the cartridges in question were not empty.


> From: Scott McLoughlin <scott@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:43:39 -0400
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson & Inks ( Major Concern)
> 
> I agree with you in principle, but I don't know that I agree with you in
> this
> case (or many similar cases).
> 
> We want innovative devices (including printers) that support media (ink)
> and
> accessories (cartridges) from many competing suppliers, plain and
> simple. Has
> nothing to do with Epson's fair chances of making a few bucks. (No company
> has a "right" to profit from their innovations at all. If that were
> true, I'd do alot
> better in the stock market :-)
> 
> I can't recall the vendor, but a data backup/storage company added some
> encryption
> to their compression, arguing that only their software can be used to
> access backed
> up data (e.g., DMCA). The software might be quite innovative, but the
> artificial
> restriction (ultimately legal) was not.I think in this case, alot of bad
> press and a lawsuit
> (State Farm or some other big buyer) rectified the situation.
> 
> The computer industry, definitely with some exceptions, is largely
> driven by evolving
> industry de jure and de facto standards, and a strong customer
> preference for some
> degree of interoperability and customer choice. Still many vendors make
> plenty of
> money.
> 
> The consumers in the consumer technology industries are far less
> organized and
> are generally treated like saps as they waste their $$$ on proprietary
> technologies.
> 
> So back to Epson. If their printers are innovative, then sell 'em. If
> their ink is innovative
> (and it is!), then sell that. But cartridges? Me'thinks not. In any
> case, customers
> should pay for the innovations on a case by case basis. I should be able
> to buy a
> really nice, fast Sony DVD burner and use really crappy DVD media in it
> if I want
> too.
> 
> Scott
>