Digital BW, The Print

At 07:19 PM 4/19/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Has anyone had any experiences with the Canon printers?
>
>As you know, I'm a big fan of competition.  So, if there is an alternate
>printer for third party inks -- B&W quads in particular -- it would seem to
>be a real boon to those of us on this list.
>
>MIS has told me they are getting strong demand for quadtone inks for
>the Canon S800, S900, S9000 printers.  They are just finishing a
>Continuous Flow set up for them.   I
>
>MIS thinks Canon has done a good job in trying  to come up to the Epson
>standard.  If Epson is a 10 on the zero to 10 scale, then the new Canon
>printers are a 9 + in MIS's opinion.
>
>Some attractive characteristics of the Canon machines include that refilling
>is easy, with no foam problems like the Epson's, and there are
>no chips to deal with.  Moreover, each color has it's own cartridge and
>they are see through.
>
>Any opinions or interest in these machines?  I'm thinking a "no curves,"
>modified FS-Neutral inkset might be a way to get the ball rolling in giving
>Epson a little competition in our area of interest.
>
>Any opinions or interest in these machines or quad inksets for them?
>
>Paul
>http://www.PaulRoark.com
>
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Paul

My numero uno feature for a printer is the ability to print any length pans.
I don't know if the Canons do that. 

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