Digital BW, The Print

Bravo Jim!
Best of luck.
Todd

> Todd:
> Your wish is almost my command.
> 
> I am working with Norm at MediaStreet (Generations Ink) to develop a set of
> profiles for the Generations ink. This set of profiles will be setup for the
> Generations ink, Epson 7000 printer, MediaStreet Paper and Hawk Mountain
> paper. These profiles will be sold through my web site and MediaStree's
> site.
> 
> I know I hear the screams --- why only the 7000? Because that is the printer
> I am currently using. It takes time and costs a huge amount of money to
> create professional profiles. First you have to print all the paper samples
> then have the profiles created by a good house. Then the samples have to be
> reprinted and the profiles have to be tweaked again. This may take two or
> three times of tweaking until you have a set of profiles that are able to be
> sold.
> 
> We are still in our first round of tweaking and they will not be ready for
> another month. Are we going to make profiles for other printers? Maybe,
> maybe not. It will all depend on how well the profiles for the 7000 are
> accepted.
> 
> I know you said you would pay $30.00 for a set of profiles. You are probably
> one of the few. Everyone wants something for nothing. Sorry, life does not
> work that way. It cost money to developed these products. We have to recover
> our costs.
> 
> I also can also hear the screams that if we give these profiles away the
> masses will buy more of the product. That is also not true. You see it on
> this list already. Someone announces a new ink or paper and you can almost
> hear the thunder as this mass rushes to this new product.
> 
> I hear you and am trying to do something about it. It may not be exactly
> what you want for your purpose, but hopefully someday I'll have an answer
> for you.
> 
> 
> Jim Davis
> http://www.visual-artists.com
> jarthurdavis@...
> mail to: jarthurdavis@...
> Supplier of fine art printing products.