Digital BW, The Print

Paul, one company is working now to develop a continuous inking system
for the 2200. It should be ready within 6 months. You'll be able to use
any ink you like. Now THIS is what I'm waiting for!

Jerry





Paul Roark wrote:
> 
> I think the 2200 series might be an ideal platform for a pigmented small
> gamut inkset.  It'll be interesting to see if Epson goes that route.  I'll
> ask MIS if they are interested in pursuing such an approach.
> 
> I'm no expert on color, but I would think such a system might work with
> existing profiling software also.  I assume the chips will be busted if they
> aren't already.
> 
> I think the UltraChrome inkset could (already has) really set the standard
> for quality.  However, the 3rd party inksets will probably be able to come
> close enough to be competitive on the quality and be much cheaper on price.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> _____________________________________________
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: lawrencetrek [mailto:ltitle@...]
>   Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:26 AM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson quad B&W inksets for 2200,7600,9600 coming
> soon
> 
>   It would be great if this rumor was true.  Then us black and white
>   photographers could forget about spending $495 for the unproven Imageprint
>   solution to producing neutral and metamerism-free prints on the 2200.
>   Or having to resort to separate dedicated black/white and color printers.
> 
>   However, is there really a big enough market for Epson to develop this ?
> I
>   hope so, as I don't think these printers can produce acceptable out of the
> box
>   exhibition B/W prints.
> 
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