Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Jason DeFontes" 
<jason@d...> wrote:
> You just need to go hang around outside Mark's studio. I think 
there's
> going to be one flying out the window any day now...
> -Jason

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You might be right. Unless I have the patience to wait until after 
PMA in March, when you might see some third-party offerings 
from people who've busted the chip.

Unless Epson sits up and recognizes some of the limitations of 
the Matte Black Ultrachrome, they're gonna have two or three 
smaller companies nipping at their heels.

Until then, check out:

http://www.qb7.com/

After all my bellyaching, I might still actually consider a dye 
version of the 9600. I'm back to that age old question: is it better 
to have a print that looks great today, but that might fade in time, 
or one that's unexciting now, but you know that it'll remain 
consistently unexciting for decades to come?

I come back to two visions:
Dyes: Charcoal Blacks
Pigments: Veiled Blacks

MT