Digital BW, The Print

>I would assume that any petition or public statement by 
>end users should stress the environmental implications 
>of tossing used carts into the landfill.... 

In policy decisions everything goes into the mix, even if informally.
Everyone knows that, recycling programs notwithstanding, many will just
trash the little carts.

Pursue everything, including getting SSC or others to write software that
simply cuts out the chip entirely.  Then let them try to stop acrylic boxes
with funnel holes that happen to fit into Epson large format printers.

Indirectly we should be negotiating a mutually-beneficial partnership with
Epson.  High end B&W is a prestige niche.  We want to use the printers, and
they want us to also.  But, they want the whole business.  They'll back down
if they think we'll just go over to Canon, HP, Kodak, or whoever, or that
otherwise their desire to get it all is simply not going to happen.

I held records for cases & litigations handled and never had to actually go
through a single trial.  Rational people settle when you lay your cards on
the table in front of the client, demonstrate convincingly that you're going
to blow their ------- heads off if they go to trial, and offer them a
solution that gives everyone what they need. 

With luck Epson and this niche will find a solution that gives us and them
what we all need.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com