In a message of 26 Apr 96 Bill Grimsley wrote to *:

 BG> G'day everybody,

 BG> I am in urgent need of a Service Manual for my Canon BJ-300 bubblejet
 BG> printer, but neither Canon nor any of their service agents will deign
 BG> to sell me one, and whilst I consider their attitude to be rather
 BG> unethical, the TPC assures me that they are not actually contravening
 BG> the law relating to restrictive trade practices.  Consequently, if

I fully support their stand.  If the service manuals got into general
distribution, there would be all sorts of people doing repairs on their
products.  They want to keep the quality of repairs up to standard.  

 BG> In the mean time, I would strongly urge anybody considering buying ANY
 BG> Canon product to bear the above in mind before parting with their
 BG> money.

I have found them to be a great company.

Catchya

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