Digital BW, The Print

Yea and I'll bet their attorneys just got a big raise this week.
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Actually I do clean out and refill my Epson 10K carts with Jon's ink
on occasion and in the future I'm sure it will be a full time event
just so I can get used to doing it regularly. I can do one in about 10
minutes now and it can be refilled over and over and over.

With the 10K you can remove the cap, punch a whole in the backflow
bladder and fill with a syringe till your hearts content. Then reset
the chip. They work perfectly and never leak, and these are big 500ml
pressurized carts.

I've never tried to do this with the newer 9600-9800 220ml carts and I
wonder if they make them difficult to retrofit. They would NEVER want
people to catch on to the concept of buying ink in bulk, regardless of
the brand and filling ourselves.. But, come to think of it is seems
that if Epson got ink in those carts we could too?? some way...we've
got good hackers out there. 

john


> 
> It's what patent law is all about; you craft an invention
> and spend the time and money to patent it, you get protection
> in return.  Further, if a patent holder doesn't vigorously
> defend their patent claim, this can be used to invalidate
> the patent.  That's likely why Epson goes to the expense to
> litigate on infringement that is likely inconsequential to
> their business - if they don't do this, then HP or some
> Chinese knock-off could infringe and then win in court,
> which would have a huge impact on Epson's business.
> 
> Dana
>