Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom OConnell" <TomOC@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 11:27 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: IJC on w2k ...older macs on PC network???


> Tyler and Martin-
>
> At least in my case, this is not to replace piezo and curves that I
> use on my 1160s with MIS inks...this is for my new 2200...I'm not
> thrilled at all with Image print...total blockage in the 95-100 range
> in shadows, pretty good in highlights...plus the costs of maintaining
> IP look like they will be very high (they are working on a price
> model that is fine for an art shop with 6 graphic artists on a
> network sharing one big printer...my case is one photographer in a
> darkroom with 6 printers and one pc...I have to pay 6x what the art
> shop pays for the software and, more importantly, for maintenance.

Tom,

That makes sense. I wouldn't do business with ColorByte at this point
myself. I paid  $500 for Imageprint on the promise they would support MIS-VM
and PiezoTone inks on the 1280 and they never delivered. Interesting that
the profiles they did manage produce for the PT inks were also completely
blocked up in the 95-100 range.
>
> If there is no other alternative, I may well stick with it, but it
> looks like I can buy an ibook and IJC and try it out for less than
> one license of IP.

Well there is still the 2200 version of the Septone inks and software yet to
come. If they manage to bring in the software at the plug-in price or even
double, it looks pretty appealing. I will show you the samples I have, if I
can make it to the Bay Area meeting.
>
> Of course, if it does not print as well, it was a fool's errand, but
> not a bad gamble if it works.

Sounds like it does the job from most reports but I haven't seen any
examples myself. The cross platform solution just sounded like a lot of
hassle. Mostly from the point of view of needing to learn your way around a
new OS but I guess you already have some Mac experience.

Martin