Digital BW, The Print

Op 12-1-2011 19:17, Paul schreef:
> "keith"<yg_1@...>  wrote:
>>
>> ...I'm not finding anything available 'ready to go' in the UK.
>>
>> I know that two previous suppliers dropped such products citing
>> 'lack of demand'. I guess that with better Mono printing from OEM
>> ink sets it's unlikely to become a profitable product line any time
>> soon...
>
>
> I think that may be the reality of the market.  When I made UT2 it
> became MIS's best selling product the first week out.  But there was
> no serious OEM B&W competition at the time.  With the K3 systems,
> it's a different world. Most people are going to buy a single printer
> that can do it all and stop there.  So, the "market" for the ink
> related things like I do is more like the "alternative process" niche
> in the wet darkroom B&W end of the field -- rather small, but a lot
> more fun from my perspective.
>
> Paul www.PaulRoark.com

That change in the market can be an opportunity too, 3 to 4  greys are
everywhere available from the OEM ink distributors. In quantities from
28 to 700 ML. With Paul's recipes for mixing the price can still be
acceptable.

That said Gemini-Colours.com  in the Netherlands shouild distribute
Image Specialists inks and Eboni should be available that way in the EU.
Robert Grafton sometimes wrote in lists like this one.

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Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst

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