Digital BW, The Print

> In a sense, this forum and communities like it also contribute there.  Some of the "parts" we put together include the elements of our workflows, including where to find the inks, printers and related parts needed for B&W digital printing. 
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That is very true, simple things like Ernst reverse engineering the Epson 10K carts and providing the ability to refill them with what you need in them, when you want to refill them. I did it again yesterday with Cones BW inks and I've never had clog. That turned something that would have ended up in the landfill years ago into a great device.

The thing that worries a lot of people who would like a different model is that they are making it harder, and harder, and harder, to get parts, retrofit machines and keep em going, etc, to the point that people just give up and cave in to the same "advanced systems"... I see it happening everywhere. Where a lot of people, pros and amateurs, used to experiment and custom design their setups, now they're moving away from it. It's just too much to fight. And, then everything looks the same, works the same, has the same longevity, etc. Then you might as well just be selling it all at Walmart and Kinkos. It isn't a conspiracy, it is very much in the open .