Digital BW, The Print

Andrew,
 
One thing is crystal clear from your message. You must be an elitist
snob. I've read many of your articles and had respect for you. Those
days are gone, pal. You really think we poor miserable amateurs can't
handle the gray balancer? Do you view your readership with such disdain?
I'm a metallurgical engineer, a member of Tau Beta Pi (that's an
engineering honors fraternity), and have been a "wet" color printer for
25 years. I can guarantee you that metallurgy is orders of magnitude
more complex than playing with printers and color management.
 
I read a detailed description of how gray balancer works in a European
review. It was the reviewer's opinion that Gray Balancer was a primary
reason to get the printer. It did not seem too complex to me.  It's
based on the same principles I've employed for years to gray balance
Cibachrome and Ektacolor (subtractive calculator). IOW, I think I can
handle it. If it's available in Europe, then, By God, I want it too. My
money is as good as theirs. If the software doesn't work, then I won't
use it. But I want to have the opportunity to judge this for myself. 
 
I'm one that frustrated you by making the "stupid" assumption of
conflict of interest. Well, I'm frustrated by self-important assholes
that make decisions about whether I'm smart enough to be allowed to own
software that is freely distributed in the rest of the world. I was hot
to get a 2200, but no longer. I might reluctantly still get one, but
only if Ultrachrome blows everything else away for color. Let's see: $3
per print ink, ink carts that read empty when half full, black ink
switches that drain half a cart x7, and now a stripped down version of
the European model. Sounds like a deal to me!
 
Next time you see your buddy at Epson, tell him you were smart enough to
probably cost him a sale.
 
Lloyd
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: thedigitaldog [mailto:andrew@...] 
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:57 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: News on Epson 2200 Gray Balancer SW



The fact that we felt unanimously that the product was far 
too complex for non pros let alone pros, the product manager decided
that GB 
wasn't a good fix for most 2200 users. 


You assume that the 2200 was designed for the same group of 
people that might go into Office Depot for a color printer. 


Product design by committee for pro users, and morons? I wish that could
be 
done. Somewhere the product has to have a focus. In the case of the
2200, 
the focus was made.

I'm frustrated by people that make stupid assumptions based on things
they 
know nothing about






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