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I think Kodak wants to price their ink cheap enough to eliminate the desire for purchasing third party inks. The new Kodak printers are not more expensive than other inkjet printers.

I would tend to agree about the inks. Regarding printer expense, I've seen a couple of article suggesting the prices are a bit high. Here's one, if you are interested:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070206/kodak_inkjet.html?.v=2

Maybe it's a better mouse trap and maybe it isn't.

Right now, I print on silver gelatin and scan for the monitor - so it isn't my kind of mousetrap.