Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho" 
<erudolph@...> wrote:
>
> Paul, or someone else,
> 
> can you outline the points to be raised when writing to one's 
representative and senators?
> 
> thanks,
> Ed
> 


It looks like they are going after some pretty small things, and some 
of those have been implemented in printers from Canon (among others). 
They specifically mention the interior foam in some types of cart, as 
well as the ridges inside the carts. Another is the "O" ring to seal 
the cart to the head, and a couple more things that I need to look 
into. I really need to track down the patents (online) to see what 
they are pointing at (all that was enclosed in the CD rom of 
materials mentioned in the complaint, wish I had this disk). Based on 
the foam used in Canon carts (subject to verification) it really does 
seem like Epson is going after trying to shut the third parties down 
for reasons that should not be allowed. Do you think Canon would 
license the foam block inside the carts from Epson? I think I still 
have some real official Canon carts at work that I can dissect for 
proof. I might still have a Lexmark OEM cart to use for the same. 
I'll look into that on Monday.

Hopefully someone will come up with a much more consise description 
of items to list, and maybe some general purpose statement to make. I 
look at some of the things that they received a patent for and really 
start to question how they could have received it for such a common 
place usage. Using an "O" ring to seal something (anything) is not 
innovation, it's been done for many, many years.

On another note, I now have a cart from an Epson C86/cx6600 to 
dissect. There must be a way to refill these! And I plan to find out.