Digital BW, The Print

If anyone knows more about this, I would like to know.  From my 
understanding, Jon sold the old inks to R9/Sundance once the piezotones 
were out. A divorce makes it sound like they were together at one point 
which is not what I was thinking but I really don't know at all.

Jon has already said the 2200s etc.. will be supported soon, and it 
looks as though the price may be less rather than more (than what might 
be expected)

As far as the reason for "switching" to the Canons; I think the reason 
is that he can now.  It is purely expansion (more profit) so why not 
right?

Originally, the proprietary system was the way to make the money, now 
that B&W digital printing is becoming more mainstream he realized that 
the new way is a much better business model ("no hassle" ICC based 
printing on many makes of printers). He is a smart businessman which is 
probably what he has to be to make it in that business.

But for us, the end result is not sounding like anything much better 
than what we had. The 4 piezotones are still going to be his feature 
product it looks like. While the ICC system sounds revolutionary, it 
doesn't really help correct the majority of my gripes with the system; 
the plugin was actually the most flawless of the various pieces of the 
puzzle. 

-mh


> 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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