Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "thedigitaldog"
<andrew@d...> wrote:
> We are working on that. The Product Manager for the desktop line
has seen it 
> (came by Friday) and was very impressed. We enough people buy the 
> product, the price would certainly come down in mass.


Andrew,

You're usually so level-headed, factual, and flatline. Since Friday,
it's like you've come alive. Are you OK?

Everything that you say about this RIP seems interesting to me. Yet
at the same time, I can't imagine my 9600 looking any better than it
already
does, now that's it's profiled. Even the Epson canned profiles are
pretty darn 
nice.

I see little if any metamerism. Certainly not enough to bother me.
The prints and 
the tonality seems very smooth. The 21 step grey wedge is consistent
and 
neutral, top to bottom.

So I'm looking for more exact qualities that you speak of, that would
make up this radical improvement that you mention. And looking for
justification 
to spend yet another $2500 for the 9600 version of the software.

You say that you can't believe that two prints look like they've been
made from the same printer (Epson vs. ImagePrint). Are my standards
that low,
that I'm satisfied with this level of inferior quality? I thought
(past tense,
I guess) that I was pretty picky.

I'm kidding you, but also serious.

Thanks, Mark Tucker