Digital BW, The Print

Mitch Alland wrote:

>IMHO Andrew has conclusively shown in his postings that the Gray Balancer is not good software. 
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Ummm.. Mitch we usually agree, but that's just not so..  He has 
demosntrated knowledge and has invited people to accept the committee's 
(and his determination that the software is a dog)  that is no more a 
conclusive showing of anything other than opinion, than is the opinion 
of those who make judgments of print quuality without seeing prints... 
 Andrew has not demonstrated that the software is a dog, just that it 
was a standard marketing decision wehere costs were cut in one place to 
benefit another goal..

>Moreover, having seen Andrew's postings on various forums for several years, the charge of his views being driven by vested interests are patent nonsense. Having read Andrew's postings on this subject, I don't have "Gray Balancer envy." On the contrary, the panel in which Andrew participated seems to have saved North American 2200 users from wasting time and materials on battling a lousy piece of software.
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No-one would be forced to use it..

>Forums such as this one are fairly international, and North American users knew right away that the Gray Balancer was being offered in the UK
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You think EPSON might have remembered how quickly users in the EU, NZ, 
Pommeyland, and South Asia found out about the orange shift, the EPSON 
USA policies, and soon wee asking for their own refunds..

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>Actually, I don't think that Epson's product momenclature under which the 1280 is the 1290, and the 2200 the 2100, outside of North America makes senswe either, as it leads to a lot of confusion among users communicating internationally on matter such as drivers, for example. If Epson wanted to make sure that users would not buy a product in one markeet than would require a power transformer, they could have caleld the products the 1280/220v and 1280/110v instead. I don't like Epson's approach to this matter: I bought an 1160 in Paris where I spent six months last year and took it to Bangkok only to find thatn the Epson warrantee is only valid in the country where the product is purchased.
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Actually, that's very common of the photographic market,,,


Keith
 
 



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