Digital BW, The Print

You may be right, Paul, and I may just be too cynical.  But I remember 
seeing (within the last year or so) a cutaway of one of a new Epson 
cartridge design, and wondering just exactly what was the purpose of all 
of the incredibly intricate chambers and pathways if not (primarily) to 
make it impossible to refill?  I mean, unless the older styles had 
problems with leakage or drying out, the new one took up an awful lot of 
internal space with chambers and passageways that could have been space 
for extra ink.

Cheers,
Kip

Paul Roark wrote, in part:

>The C86 cart is used in lots of Epson printers, including the new 2400.  I
>think they've found a successful design and are probably benefiting from
>economies of scale.  I doubt they would change cart designs just to compete
>with the third party ink sellers.  They seem to use patents, lawsuits and
>marketing for that.
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