Digital BW, The Print

Junk software..junk software....???

...*that's* a bit extreme, isn't it?  I have read at least 2 reviews 
praising it to the skys, saying what super results it gives.

Mine sits unopened on my desk, but I'm tempted.

Free GB (in Europe) is a bit cheaper than $1,500 - $2,500.
--
Quentin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "thedigitaldog" 
<andrew@d...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Lloyd O'Daniel" 
<lodaniel@b...> 
> wrote:
> >But the free driver is probably
> > better than nothing.
> 
> Well Ink does hit the paper... It's certainly not hitting as good 
as it could or 
> should. Want to see just what the driver really does? Send a file 
out using "No 
> Color Adjustment." That's how all the Epson profiles are based (on 
that driver 
> behavior). It's god awful. I sometimes wonder if some color 
scientist tested the 
> method in which the most ink would be wasted in order to drive the 
printer in 
> this fashion. 
> 
>  
> > The bottom line is that Epson saw fit to release the 2100 with 
all the
> > advertised features and software of the original Japanese model. 
Then,
> > they released the 2200 as a crippled, stripped-down version of 
that
> > printer. 
> 
> That's totally extreme. It prints just like any other 2200 printer 
in the world. You 
> didn't get a kludgy piece of software with it. The 2200 I have 
prints prints just 
> as well as any other 2200. It's better with a good ICC profile and 
MUCH better 
> with the ColorByte RIP. 
> 
> 
> >And, it's the only one I can get. I resent that. Epson doesn't
> > owe me anything, but I don't have to buy the printer. I wouldn't 
have
> > bought my Camry had Toyota decided to offer AC and automatic
> > transmission only outside North America. If Epson's goal is to 
maximize
> > sales rather than alienate the most affluent portion of their 
customer
> > base (the US and Canada), then they should realize what a big PR 
fiasco
> > this is and try to rectify it. It's called Customer Relations.
> 
> So let's put GB behind us since it's just more of the same junk 
software from 
> Japan and get Epson to supply us a product that makes the printers 
print 
> better, faster and more productively. The more people demand GB, 
the more 
> Japan justifies it's need to continue to spend time and money 
making bad 
> software. I suspect that what it cost to develop GB, Epson could 
have 
> purchased ColorByte! 
> 
>   
> > Beta testing and feature sets should be done before the product is
> > marketed anywhere. It seems to me that Epson either deprived us of
> > useful features, or foisted junk on the rest of the world. 
> 
> The latter!