Digital BW, The Print

Ted,

The next generation of Epsons is supposed to come out in the US in the Fall
of this year. So for color it depends if you can hold out that long.

If you want to do B&W with the current aftermarket grayscale inks, the issue
is that the aftermarket suppliers lag Epson by many months or over a year
due to the difficulty of cloning the ink cartridge chips that Epson is
using. So even if the new Epson's arrive on schedule next fall it would be
many months before there is a way to use them with the MIS or Piezo inks.

Epson is supposed to have a B&W solution along with the new printers so that
may not be important. If you are interested in dedicating a printer to B&W I
would pick up a 1280 before they are no longer in production.

Martin Wesley

----- Original Message -----
From: "visionone" <ted@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 9:33 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Next Generation Epson Printers


> Any ideas on when or what the next generation Epson printers will
> be?  I am considering the Epson 1280.  However, I understand that
> Epson has been introducing new technology about this tme for the
> past few years.  WWith Canon trying to gain some market in this
> area, I expect Epson to provide some compelling offerings. I welcome
> any links, info or comments.
>