Digital BW, The Print

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It's unfortunate that MIS seems to be self-destructing. I'm sure the ramifications for many are uncomfortable at best.


I've been a very happy IJM customer from the beginning and, over the years, made many purchases from MIS. I also have only respect and appreciation for Paul, his work, and his generosity. 


But Walker makes a subtle and important point. Taken as a whole we are a very small community. Our purchasing power is limited (virtually irrelevant to the Big Three: Epson, Canon and HP). That IJM charges more for its ink than MIS is, in my opinion, a foolish and meaningless distinction. There is--absolutely--no other company this community does business with that does more for this community than IJM. The product quality is outstanding. The customer support is a model that I wish many of the other internet vendors I do business with would copy. 


Just as important, though, they are relentlessly in the pursuit of solutions for the photography we are doing now and the photography we'll be doing in the future. Their R&D is second to none. When you purchase from them you're not just getting a superior product and customer support, you're investing in your future as an image maker.


Oh, and I'm not financially involved in IJM. Wish I were.



Bill Kennedy

Professor of Photocommunications
Area Coordinator
St. Edward's University
Austin, Texas USA



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From: 'forums@walkerblackwell.com' forums@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
To: David Lykes Keenan ausdlk@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 2:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] MIS INKSUPPLY....



  
    
                  
I can’t speak impartially because I work for IJM now. I just think it would be good for MIS to have a customer support system in place. It does cost money and that would reflect in the cost of the ink no doubt (as it does Piezography) but it seems to me that Paul is left to defend and sort-out issues that MIS should be handling where his time is better spent inventing ink and handling more interesting stuff on this forum. Just my two cents. In no way am I trying to shill a product here (frankly, I try never to on this forum). Just want to make sure that customers are taken care of and that this forum can get back to talking about high quality prints. It’s a very small niche market we are all in after all and if one part gets funky it reflects on the whole community.


cheers all,
Walker







On Jul 21, 2016, at 4:23 PM, David Kachel david@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:







For the same reason that no one here goes to their discussion group and says, “Hey everybody, let’s switch to MIS.”





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From: "Mark Savoia mark@stillrivereditions.com [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
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Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [Digital BW] MIS INKSUPPLY....



Why is that inappropriate? I use them and have had great results. I don’t work for them, just a customer.