Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
<mark@...> wrote:
>
> With all the software hacking and computer viruses in this world,  
> does anyone think that a "firmware solution" will be created by a  
> smart programer to trick the Epsons into thinking their carts are 
in  
> the printer and thus allow the third party ink/cart makers to make  
> some cart/chip that does not infringe on Epson? Fight fire with 
fire?  
> It would certainly take years for Epson to get around that. Perhaps 
a  
> CIS that connects directly into the ink lines, no carts at all.
> 
> Mark

Well said, Mark.  I have wondered for the last two years, why a CIS 
unit couldn't be designed and implemented that had a direct hook-up 
to the ink input lines.  The clear top-fill carts for the 3000 is 
nothing more than a square tank with a coupler that matches up with 
the input nozzle on the printer.  Simple.

Uncle Dannie

P.S. I'm not looking for a free lunch, but I will not be buying 
anymore Epson paper.  Just my small attempt at a revolt.  It was 
never about the money for carts from Epson, it was about better, more 
versatel (sp?) applications for ink.