Digital BW, The Print

The main advantage of the 2200 is that inks are significantly more light
stable than 1280 inks...probably less than ten years for the 1280 vs. 90
years for the 2200 on the fine art matte papers that you would like to print
on.  I believe that Epson claims that the gamut is about the same.  Blacks
will be better with 1280 on matte papers.  The other major advantage of the
2200 is variable droplet technology...this is what makes toned BW possible
without quad inks...but it remains to be seen how the print quality compares
to a MIS VM/Roark option. I think you are wise to wait until more of the
details emerge, however.  A cracked chip, CIS and 3rd party ultrachromes
certainly would be helpful.

Robert

 On 7/16/02 9:18 AM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> 
> I ordered another 1280 Sunday. Printing costs are way too much for the
> 2200. We'll see in a year or so if a CIS is made for the 2200.
> 
> I can't imagine the prints getting a lot better than the 1280 can make.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Frost wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jerry,
>> 
>> Lets continue the fun!
>> 
>> I seem to remember that the Greeks, Romans, Persians, etc were measuring
>> things accurately long before the US of A was invented. And the measurement
>> system you adopted seems to have been borrowed from us in any case! It's
>> basically our old English system, isn't it?
>> 
>> Being a far-sighted, cosmopolitan race, we're moving on and adopting the
>> far-more logical (most people can cope with dividing and multiplying by
>> ten), internationally-agreed system, that will enable Epson printers made in
>> Japan to be used in Japan and most of the world without modification. That's
>> progress!! Perhaps that is why the 2200 is not available in the States yet,
>> but was apparently released here at the beginning of June.
>> 
>> Bob Frost.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
>> 
>>> Exactly!
>>> 
>>> So if the rest of the world were in our measurement system, it wouldn't
>>> have crashed.  It's all their fault.  :)
>>