Digital BW, The Print

Amadou,

great summary! 

For the record, IJC offers the same controls you describe for Studio Print:

>>>Also exciting is the 
> ability to turn print heads on or off and reorder them. Two examples where 
this 
> would be helpful: you could load "toning" inks in the Lc, Lm positions and 
run 
> those on only selected print jobs. Similarly you could load 2 different black 
inks in 
> the heads and switch back and forth between them on a per print basis. 


 
But, you are right, othewside, this is a first release and the layout controls 
found in ImagePrint and other RIPs are missing in OPM as is complete 
functionality for large format printers (no rolls, no prints larger than 24x36, no 
support for the 9/9500).  

It would have been helpful if you had included pricing for each of the software 
solutions you listed, too. And, yes, we've come a long way from the days of the 
piezo plug in and the original inks (another subject that you may want to list 
under "state of the art" is the multitude of ink options we now have).

Antonis