Digital BW, The Print

OK I'm chastised. I use dyes for colour proofing so I've got half a foot in
both camps...

Julian
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From: "Editor P.O.V. Image Service" <editor@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Lyson SG and 1160


> At the moment, IMHO, the whole ink vs. dye debate is near inane..
>
> It's like PC vs Mac, GM vs Ford, Toyota vs Nissan, Canon vs. Nikon...
>
> Everyone needs to get a grip... These are just TOOLS..
>
> There is no such thing as a perfect, one-size fits all, does everything
> TOOL...
>
> Dye inkset supporters and Pigment inkset supporters got a strong push to
> divided camps when EPSON produced a 1270/870 inkset with a flawed cyan
> dye...  Then they introduced a pigmented inkset in the 2000P with strong
> metamerism...
>
> So, people decided one technology or the other was "bad."  They then
> went out and staked their own little piles of money on whichever they
> felt was the "good" type of inkset (by buying dye based or pigment based
> inks)..
>
> Guess what?  Both: current dye-based inksets and current pigment-based
> inksets have shortcomings.
>
> I run both inksets for different purposes, so I have no axe to grind.
>  But people who have chosen only one or the other, seem to quickly start
> selectively reinforcing the  choice they've made until the other option
> is "really bad"..  It's like the guy or woman who buys a car and
> suddenly  selectively perceives only good reviews or advertisements for
> the car they've bought..  It may be a natural tendency, but it just does
> not lead to accurate reviews or appraisals of products..  It does
> promote brand loyalty though...  ;-)  Once you know you are doing it
> though, you can make more rational and more beneficial consumer choices...
>
>
> Keith
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