Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 3/1/2003 5:12:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
mh@... writes:

> Are the "Sundance Image Technology, Inc." and the "R9 Corporation" 
> owned by Cone and they just aren't telling anyone
> I think their relationship must be closer than I thought considering 
> the upcoming announcement by Cone and Co. tomorrow and the new rip and 
> inks by the Sundance people.  Are they going to be in the same booth at 
> PMA?
> 
> The new rip (updated old piezo pro rip) is being called PixelPixasso 
> which I think is mighty funny.
> 
> I don't think people are going to want to pay $1500 for the rip when 
> cone is coming out with the system that is just based on ICC profiles 
> (but maybe they are going to be charging $1500 for the 7000-9600 
> profiles, I don't know).  If profiles can do what the piezo plugin does 
> and what everyone does with the roark curves etc (et al) than why 
> didn't someone come up with them a long time ago?
> 
> By the way, I was looking at the cart prices for those larger printers: 
> for the piezotones, it costs $510+ for a set for the 9x00. Is it just 
> me or does that seem like a lot! Can anyone tell me how many square 
> feet a set like that would print?  And why is the selenium and WN more 
> expensive than the CN and Carbon Sepia?
> 
> -mikeH
> 
Sundance R9 and JonCone are two very separate companys now. Its Much like a 
divorce with the usual court battles.
No, they will be in separate booths at PMA. 
The relationship is History and could not be further apart.
Remember Cone and company have only announced a price for Canon desktop 
printers. There is no guarantee that When and if the 7600-9600 Epsons
are supported it will still be priced at 199.00. 
Regarding 510.00 for a large set of Piezotone carts! A full set of Epson 
carts for the 9600 can be 600.00 on a good day, so they are actually cheaper 
than Epson Inks.
These carts will produce hundreds of prints maybe several hundred 16x20's So 
really only a couple dollars per print. The paper is going to cost you more 
than the ink!
Steve Meyers


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