Digital BW, The Print

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From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Sundance Inks and the R9 Plug-In


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> On another topic - we tend to get inundated with Epson technology here,
but
> I'm surprised no one is working on stuff for the HP large format printers.
A
> 12 ink printer allows quads and colour from the same head without ink
> switching - just imagine your fave quads/colour pigs and a rip to control
it
> (yeah yeah ImagePrint for sure)
>
Julian,

Certainly this must be possible from a technological aspect but I suspect
that economic reasons simply keep it from happening. The market for
grayscale inks is currently probably under 10,000 users and maybe as little
as 3,000. Not exactly a mother load of money.

While we all detest Epson's practice of chipping their cartridges I have
heard that HP aggressively sues the aftermarket ink and cartridge
manufacturers. Even if the small companies could ultimately win, which from
my understanding of US law they should, how do they manage the legal costs?
So this maybe a damper on anything happening in that direction.

Martin