Digital BW, The Print

> ... I doubt if any of us know what was in the
> mind of the person who had the idea of storing some info on a chip on the
> cart...

So true.  But last week a senior Epson official from their headquarters in
Long Beach told me the chips were to stop third part ink sales.

We can always come up with arguments in defense of almost any position.
Lawyers, economists and other experts for the various positions are seldom
at a loss for words in defense of their positions.  

I think it's rather ironic that the chips' remembering how full the carts
are helps me when I swap back and forth between Epson and third party carts.

The bottom line for me is whether there are going to be good carts available
to us so that we can use the inks of our choice.  Epson in their press
release claims to not be objecting to fair competition.  So, can they
identify which carts are not violating their patents?  If we ship them some
samples, will they tell us whether those carts violate patents or not?

Hopefully we'll find some answers to these questions.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com