Digital BW, The Print

I apologize in advance for this cross-posting, but I need to go firmly 
on record about this.

Given the postings by the two Jerries (never thought I'd use that word 
as a non-Brit), Paul,  Victor,  Bob Michaels, myself,  and others, I 
have done some more thinking and want to make my current position on the 
EPSON paper confusion CRYSTAL and UNADORNEDLY clear:

For the time being, I would recommend creating new profiles when using current EEM
or HWM.  Personally, I'd actually recommend avoiding these papers
entirely (at least in the North American market) until this sorts out.

I would ask that anyone with contacts at EPSON etc., do as I am, and push them so we can
get both:

1)    A straight answer on the changes

2)     Some kind of part # marking that differentiates these products by
whatever factor is making their properties jump all over the map (batch
number, date of production, substrate source, whatever.)


Until that happens I would pronounce these papers UNPREDICTABLE, INCONSISTENT, and UNUSABLE for any serious imagery -- including proofing of PhotoRag or Museo, etc. (absent doing your own batch profiling).

I have to really be amazed at this turn of affairs, it's one thing to 
ignore serious fine-art printers (professional or amateur) as a market 
niche, it is quite another for EPSON to undertake changes that were 
almost predestined to aggravate them and drive them away as customers. 
 We all know EPSON makes its real profit from consumables, doing 
anything to raise serious consistency and unannounced product change 
issues regarding those consumables is BONE-HEADED at best, as it simply 
ensures users will choose alternative consumable media sources instead 
of EPSON.
Keith

 

"Just some guy," and founder of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSONx7x_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"

 


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