Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "TerryR" <terryr1028@h...> 
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> Aw, come on, I know those houses on the West Coast have ceilings 
> (don't they?).<g>

Terry,

Actually meant to say "where would I find room for the printer." This 
little old California farm house is a whole 900 square feet much of 
it buried under items photographic! Prints on the ceiling would work. 
Knowing me I would use the 10000 to make 8x10 and 11x14 images!
> 
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> I have been keeping an eye on the C80. 
> 
> Epson seems to be playing with some ideas that are quite a 
departure 
> from the norm for them. I am curious about the lower rating of the 
> Durabrite inks - maybe they figured they could eliminate the 
dreaded 
> Metamerism and still be happy with competing with the lower 
> Metamerism third party inks in terms of longevity. It will be 
> interesting to see if the new pigs are low/free of metamerism. I 
> think this will lead to the 2000P replacement by years end perhaps.

I suspect you are right and at a much lower price. If they are doing 
a trade off of metamerish vs. life, they probably made a good 
decision for the home and general use market. They are beatting the 
pants off traditional color prints and offering prints to span 3 
generations before noticable fade.
> 
> I also find it interesting that they are deviating from the two 
> cartridge approach. They may very well be headed in the direction 
of 
> more colors or a combination color/b&w machine. Things will be 
> getting interesting soon.
> 
I have heard something more than just rumor on this. I was told that 
in about a year Epson will have a B&W solution with CYMK inks and/or 
a 7 ink system, CcYMmKk that will do both B&W and color. Given the 
discussions that you could do nice B&W with just 3 inks this sounds 
promising.

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> I believe he was still using a simple curve under grayscale for the 
> 1200, and using a rip for the 3000. It was interesting that the 
Epson 
> driver with a curve produced better output than the 3000 with a 
rip. 
> > 
You're right. I wonder if it is an issue of total number of nozzles 
and droplet size?

Martin