Hi Mat,



I've had some communications with MIS about the issue. I think everyone is
moving forward cautiously. While some of their suppliers will no doubt be
affected, I'm not sure anyone knows the extent to which supplies will be
limited and how long it will take to come up with solutions and
alternatives.



Personally, I and some others I know are dusting off the older large format
machines and thinking they may have more life left in them than we'd
initially thought. It may be that the heavier printers, including the 4800,
etc., are also more durable than the 3800 (for which reliable chips are not
yet available), and, as such, may be platforms that can weather the storm
better. The current desktop machines that seem to have the most supplies
available might be the 2400 and 1800, which use the same types of carts as
the old R200 & C84 series. So, there are lots of those refillable carts
around that could keep us going for some time.



Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>











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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 9:26 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson court case--one more Q (probably for Paul)



I've not seen anything on the MIS site about the potential problems with
Epson carts. Paul, have you had any discussions with them about whether they
think their carts would be affected? I had initially presumed they would be,
but later discussion suggest to me that it may require some analysis.

-mat





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