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Re: [Digital BW] Re: another ink option

2001-09-10 by J. Arthur Davis

Thanks Tony:
That works for me and probably anyone else who still has a bit of sanity
left.

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> Jim,
> fair enough.  I just talked to the guy who makes this stuff this
> morning, and he has got all this info, I just can't write it down
> quick enough.  Don't think of this guy as just another manufacturer -
> I didn't meet him in an office building, and he wore no suit.  He is a
> casual guy who is very smart, and is geared to doing a lot of R&D.
> His background is in manufacturing paint for military applications.  I
> want this info in a "digestable" form like everybody else - it's gonna
> take time.  I suspect most of the current users of this ink are on the
> epson 9000 list, I don't know who else is using this stuff here.  As I
> get data as it pertains to BW I will share it with you all.  Color
> printing oriented things I will post on the inkoptions list.  I'll let
> the more experienced users post on the epson 9000 list.
> As far as the quad black version of indelible inks go, as soon as I
> get the color ink going on the 9000, I hope to recieve the quads for
> the 1160.
> Maybe we can backtrack a few days and start over on this subject.  How
> about this as an introduction:
> Hey everyone, I am trying this new ink out, and I think it has
> potential, and I will post whatever I can find out about them.  Wait
> and see.
> Lets just leave it at that for now.
> If anyone has questions, catch me offlist.
>
> thanks,
> Tony Caltabiano
> Higher Place Studio
> 909 734 5924
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "J. Arthur Davis"
> <jarthurdavis@e...> wrote:
> > Tony:
> > It is not a case of being negative toward the ink. It is the way the
> ink was
> > presented.
> >
> > A post was put up about this new ink and how wonderful it was. Which
> is ok.
> > The problem was there was not supporting information. Even with all
> the
> > postings over the last five days. Still not supporting information.
> >
> > Potential users get pretty bent out of shape when a manufacturer
> says here
> > buy this on my word alone. We have all been there and done that. Or
> as Harry
> > Truman once said, "the buck stops here." All we are saying is "the
> free ride
> > of the manufacturers stops here." We're mad as hell and we are not
> going to
> > take it anymore.
> >
> > OOPS! Sometimes I get carried away. But honestly, all we ask for is
> a little
> > consideration. Without us there is no sales. Without sales there is
> no
> > company. We will be more than glad to help any company grow if they
> are
> > willing to give us something better than we are already using.
> >
> >
> > Jim Davis
> > http://www.visual-artists.com
> > jarthurdavis@e...
> > mail to: jarthurdavis@e...
> > Supplier of fin
>
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