Digital BW, The Print

In my experience, "congressional correspondence" gets priority attention in
governmental agencies.  If a consumer letter is direct to an agency, it's
one of thousands.  If it is referred by a senator or representative, it's a
whole different ballgame.

Letter writing (not just e-mails) can matter.

This is how you find the addresses to write to:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm



Be clear that our interests are at issue here.  After naming the parties,
the first thing the complaint states is the "Products-at-Issue."  The first
paragraph reads: "The Products-at-Issue are replaceable ink cartridges used
to supply ink to Epson inkjet printers for both black-and-white and
full-color printing."

Even if you use Epson inks, those prices and the progress of the B&W
printing market have been affected by healthy competition from third party
ink sellers.  Suppressing competition from these ink sellers will damage the
entire market and benefit only Epson.

Epson has 100% of the desktop pigment inkjet printer market.  It is
attempting to convince the U.S. government to use your tax money to give it
a similar monopoly in the inks that supply these printers. 

Write (not e-mail) your representatives. 

Reference the Complaint of Epson Portland, et al., February 17, 2006, filed
with International Trade Commission  "In the Matter of Certain Ink
Cartridges and Components Thereof," Investigation No 337-TA- ____ .

Your letters can make the difference.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com