Digital BW, The Print

It's a shame that the ink R&D boys can't move a bit faster, the S800 has been 
out for a year and is already replaced.

The new Epson 950 will need yet another ink development as they have now gone 
down to 2 picolitre drops.

The poor old 3rd party ink manufacturers juist can't keep up...

On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 5:16 am, Editor P.O.V. Image Service wrote:
> fred@... wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I know that the Epsons are the printers of choice but I have a Canon S800
> > that I'd like to use as a dedicated B/W printer.  Does anyone have any
> > experience doing that?
>
> No experience, but Lyson has told me:
>
> "The latest Canon machines are the priority with our R&D people. We see
> them as offering great potential to our customers as they are of a quality
> comparable to the latest Epson machines but with the obvious benefits of
> the Canon technology (switchable print heads, individidual ink tanks, chip
> free cartridges).
>
> Our first ink offering will be Small Gamut, followed by one of our Archival
> Colour inks which will most likely be the Fotonic inks.
> I expect to have something within a month or two, although as you can
> appreciate with any new product development, it is not possible to offer a
> definite date at this point in time."