Digital BW, The Print

At 9:04 PM -0800 2/23/03, Martin Wesley wrote in small part:
>"Both user experience and our own rigorous testing and analysis show 
>that the R9 software will not perform to its maximum capacity when 
>used with unsupported inks or media and may not perform as intended. 
>A change in solvent, dMax, and/or chroma between ink sets would 
>necessitate the profiling of the ink/media/printer configuration. R9 
>will profile ink sets for manufacturers, but it requires a 
>commitment of resources on the part of the ink manufacturer." [R9's 
>Gary Rogers]

Is it wishful thinking or does this quote suggest that the 
performance of R9's software is more specific to the ink set than to 
the media? I'm hoping PhotoRag is not the only paper on which it 
performs so well and that someone can fill us in on that soon.

Thanks to Martin for so generous a report.

Sam

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