Digital BW, The Print

Actually, it's only silly if EPSON isn't using the "ink-estimation 
advantages" of their anti-competition chip to transparently and falsely 
justify the chip itself, or to base the patenting of the chip upon.

EPSON has chosen to use that "counting feature" as a design and more 
importantly, LEGAL, rationale for the chip itself.

Since EPSON DOES justify the chip on those features... Only an apologist 
for "however I figure out to make money is ok" would fail to see the 
difference.


Bob Frost wrote:
>> Given that the actual liquid ink costs just about zero, it's cheaper just 
>> to
>> put in some extra ink than to device a more expensive mechanism that
>> measures the remaining ink instead of estimating it. The only "cost" is 
>> that
>> people see the extra ink, and ignorantly decide that it was put there for
>> the purpose of somehow ripping them off. The whole thing is silly.
>>     
>
> Agreed, Paul.
>
> Bob Frost.
>
>   


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