On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:50:38 +1300, Jinx wrote: rking back to this old thread, I was told a couple of days ago by someone in the industry that because of pressure from large-volume commercial users (who obviously would rather refill than buy new at twice the price), Canon, Epson et al are allegedly in the process of abandoning smart cartridges There is a quango within the EEC (See I' m so old I'm not PC) who are mounting a court action against the printer manufactures, based on the idea of uncompetitive behaviour and restriction of trade. Colin -- cdb, bodgy1@optusnet.com.au on 15/01/2003 I have always been a few Dendrites short of an Axon and believe me it shows. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until they speak! -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.