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There have been many changes in photography and imaging over the years. Kodak, the former 900 pound gorilla in the US photography market has been downsizing and selling off divisions. In the 80's and 90's I used to wonder why the premier Photo Manipulating software was made by Adobe and Aldus and not by Kodak. They have moved far too slowly trying to figure out how to make a profit in the digital world.

This month Kodak announced some new inkjet printers that just might enable them to make up some of it's lost photographic revenue. The standard practice in the printer industry is to sell the printers for little or no profit and make money on the ink cartridges. What makes Kodak's printers different from the printers currently on the market? The print head is built in to the printer instead of the ink cartridge. This means that the ink cartridges will be about ½ the cost of current cartridges with the same amount of ink. The printers will cost about $50 more than current models with the same features, but you won't feel like you're being robbed when you need to buy more ink. I may buy one when they come out this spring and will let you know what I think. You can find out a bit more here if you're interested:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128730-c,inkjet/article.html
and
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07020601kodakallinoneprinters.asp