Digital BW, The Print

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From: "jimhayes361" <jimhayes@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 8:00 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] The Edge, was FS-N part II


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
(snip)

> Yes, I read that link to Phil Askeys DPreview site that the Japenese
> gentlemen wrote (somewhere back a day or two posted on this list), and
>  it was tantalizing. He was saying something about the ink Epson was
> making for the printer being:  Pigment not dye, individully
> changeable (7 discrete carts), and most mysterious, he alluded to
> something like Epson was making optional carts to switch out for the
> black/grey/(?) color carts in some positions, to allow B&W....if I
> interpret his comments right.
> Wonderful if true. I can't believe after all this that Epson marketing
> just had their collective I.Q. raised<g>.

The printer is for real and there is supposed to be a B&W solution. I was
told it is a combination of the black ink, the gray ink, the other color
inks and a better software driver. I believe the intent is to beat or
improve the color crossover problems of printing B&W with colot inksets. We
will see. If it works it will be odd to not be operation out here on the
fringes of alternate technology.
>
> 3rd parties will certainly take advantage of that 7th slot. Wonder if
> Epson will give up on upping the ante on chipping carts, and truly
> follow if you can't beat em join em.

First they will have to reverse engineer the inevitable chip!! Epson is not
backing down on this and it seems likely the new models will have different
and harder to clone chips.
>
> I was frankly elated by those two bits of news and one rumor: the
> Epson 7 inker and Paul's new Neutral FS and hints of expanded VM,
> maybe with Colorbyte?
>
> Choices, choices.

I know! Which way to jump next?

Martin Wesley