I've never been a Kodak fan, myself, but their latest move against
competitors goes right after their crown jewels...  You know...their fat
wallets...that are filled by selling the world ink for the price of gold??

For the first time ever...I like Kodak's attitude.  :)

Here's a funny (and interesting) clip from their site, in connection with
their in-price-busting printer move:

'The Stink on Ink"

Might wanna plug your nose and open a window because here comes the Stink on
Ink...

1. For the cost of 80 mL of ink, you could fill up a luxury SUV in Los
Angeles with 32 gallons of gas--that's over 120,000 mL! But unless you're a
duke or dutchess, don't even think about 120,000 mL of ink... that would
cost over $117,000!

2. 750 mL of ink could fill up an empty champagne bottle. But why do that
when you could purchase more than 3 bottles of expensive champagne for the
same price?! Plus, have you ever tasted ink? Though dangerous, it's actually
pretty delicious, but, still, that's really expensive.

3. One 3.4 oz bottle of luxury perfume could keep most women smelling
fabulous for the better part of a year and some women smelling nice for the
better part of a decade. Good luck surviving on 3.4 oz of printer ink for a
year. Might as well smell nice because Chanel costs about 20% less than ink!

4. Did you know that you would need to buy over $22,000 worth of ink to
paint an average house! For that kind of money, you may as well commission
Michelangelo to paint "The Creation of Adam" on your ceiling!

5. Think oil costs you a boat load of greenbacks? Not compared to the price
of ink. One barrel of oil holds 42 gallons and costs approximately $58
buckaroos. Good thing ink doesn't power your car. At more than $155,000 per
barrel and $3,690 per galloon, you'd have to walk, bike, or skip everywhere
you went!

6. Taking a bath in liquid gold may be a fantasy fit for King Midas, but
it's a thrifty proposition compared to a dip in cyan and magenta. The golden
experience runs about $75,000 in the average tub, but an ink plunge costs
over $185,000! And that's not even factoring in the cost of adding bubbles!

7. You're better off getting sick instead of running out of expensive ink.
100 mL of ink costs the same as 1 gallon of cough and flu syrup! That'll
keep the sniffles away until you're 300-years-old!

8. Could one energy drink a day keep the doctor away? Probably not, but it
would give you boundless energy at a fraction of the price of ink. Only 760
mL of ink would buy you more than 370 cans of energy drink--that's a year's
supply! With that much energy, you could run a marathon or just go to a
library and be really annoying!

9. Did you know that it would take $900 million worth of ink to fill up an
Olympic sized swimming pool? You could fill up over 555 Olympic sized
swimming pools with premium bottled water for that price! Or you could just
pocket the $900 million and go on a shopping spree.

Good stuff...and rather depressing...  Let's hope Kodak lights a fire under
the arse of HP, Canon and Epson.
-Mark²

PS- Here's the URL:
http://www.inkisit.com/
Quote is from this page:
http://www.inkisit.com/stinkonink/
The printers in question are:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10581&pq-locale=en_US
Ink price breakdown (pigment ink, no less... Here:
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10599&pq-locale=en_US