Digital BW, The Print

This summary and resulting thread was a good idea - thanks for the initiative. I 
put a link to this thread in the Links area of the group home page.

Some comments:

- ImagePrint: 
The platforms for each software should be an important part of a summary. 
 I believe ImagePrint  is Windows and Mac OS X only. Also, when you judge 
its price as "very expensive", you may also consider its added functionality 
for  color  printing. For some it's worth paying the cost of a single software for 
both color and bw. 

- IJC is presently available for Mac OS 8 and 9. It is not "officially in beta 
testing". IJC release v.1 is currently available for  purchase. OPM is a free 
download. Development continues of course with bug fixes etc to come, but it 
has "officially" been released. 

Besides the 2200, other printers are supported by many of the software in 
your summary,and that should also be factored in when judging prices: how 
does licencing work for each.

Also print software that is not Photoshop dependent, frees up an expensive 
Photoshop licence from printing chores. For some users, it's worth a couple 
of hundred bucks to free up a $700 software.

Another pricing consideration: some software may be "bundled" or limited to 
use with one brand of inks. Its value is limited compared to "open" solutions. 
On the other hand, a software that is platform independent (curves or ICC 
profiles) may be more valuable in some evironmments.


Antonis