Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Imageprint


> The reason to use Imageprint is better image quality and profiles on
demand.
> Imageprint print quality is vastly superior to piezo plugin peformance.
The
> profiles are much better (cleaner and smoother).  The final output has
less
> noise and as a result the image look sharper. It is similar to
> piezopro...but Imageprint is making custom profiles for the new piezotone
> inks as well as the MIS FS and FS-N inks...which are not identical to the
> original Cone inks which piezopro was made for.  You will also get
> 2200/7600/9600 support which makes printing reasonable BW images with the
> new epson printers possible. It also runs on a mac and pc...while piezo
pro
> runs on a PC.  In addition it is only $500 for a desktop version while it
> runs $1500 to get into piezopro.  The large format version is $1500.
>

Robert,

Are you personally using the desktop version? If so, are you satisfied that
it equals the performance of the large format version? I hear lots of
wonderful things about the IP4 and the 7000 but nothing good about the
desktop version. Will they really do profiles for the desktop version if you
send them targets or is that service for the wide format printers only?

I am rather confused since they list support for Lyson, PiezoBW, MIS-FS and
MIS-VM but if you go to their download section only MIS-FS for 7 papers are
listed for the 1270. 1280 and 1290 Epson's. This does not seem like a good
buy for $500. They have been promising support for all the quads but so far
it seems like hype and no delivery.

Then there is also this paragraph:

"IMAGEPRINT is purchased on a per printer basis rather than per computer.
Once the printer has been licensed, you can print to it from as many
different computers as you'd like using one copy of IMAGEPRINT. Printers can
be added at any time and no additional hardware is required. The same dongle
can be used to unlock an unlimited number of printers. To add a new printer,
simply purchase the additional license, and we'll provide you with a new
encryption key that will unlock IMAGEPRINT."

So I would need to spend $1000 for my two 1280's which is not very
attractive. They are making a mistake trying to sell to the desktop market
using the same marketing model they use to sell to service bureaus. Their
interest in the desktop printers seems pretty weak which also makes me
reluctant to get involved.

Martin Wesley