Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "thedigitaldog" 
<andrew@d...> wrote:
The forumla has worked with some 3rd party 
> scanner driver companies. Epson bundles LaserSoft with it's 
scanners. 

I immediately thought of the LaserSoft example, when I 
envisioned Epson bundling the ImagePrint RIP with the 9600. 
Same approach.

Two questions: price and workflow.

First, why would software for a 44" printer cost a thousand 
dollars more than (relatively) the same software for a 24" printer? 
I can't see how the money works here. It's like saying that 
Photoshop7 should cost three hundred dollars more if your file 
sizes exceed 100megs? Or saying that Word should cost more if 
you write long documents? 

I could see a difference between a desktop printer like the 2200 
and the wide-formats, but not between the two wide-formats. And 
if you really get down to it, why a price difference at all between 
printers? Is it merely setting a price point that seems appropriate 
to the user of that product?

And secondly, workflow -- are all these complicated ink levels 
and other settings dealt with ONLY when you're creating profiles, 
or do you have to deal with it every time you make a print? Once 
you're profiles are set, and you've decided on one or two papers, 
how much different is the workflow between IPrint and the Epson 
driver?

Thanks, Andrew. I too appreciate your contributions.

MT