Digital BW, The Print

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Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:44 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: review of new StudioPrint 10 RIP


> < http://www.dpandi.com/newsreviews/reviews/studioprint/index.html >
>
> Martin: <Harald, Thanks for the link. It sounds really great.
Unfortunately I
> heard the grayscale capability will only be available for the large format
> printers and not the desktop printers due to a licensing deal Ergosoft has
with
> Epson. The 2200 will be supported for color inks only and there will be no
> support for earlier desktop printers.>
>
> This is NOT TRUE. I just talked to Robert Eversole, President of
ErgoSoft/US,
> and he confirmed that StudioPrint currently supports (in quadtone and
color)
> Epson 2200, 3000, 5000, and 5500 (for desktops). It's purely a
market-demand
> situation, and licensing has nothing to do with it, he said. As other
desktop
> printers show market potential, they may be supported, too.
>
>
Harald,

Thanks for the correction and that is good news about the 2200. I guess the
3000 and 5000 are desktops but I tend not to include them since they
definitely would not fit on my desk!<G> It is interesting that if you go to
the InkJetMall site where they are selling StudioPrint 10, it clearly states
that the 2200 version supports color only and not quad inks.

http://www.inkjetmall.com/store/studioprint-buy.html

Also the 3000 and 5000 series are not on the list of supported printers.
Hence my confusion. Is IJM selling a different version perhaps?

That does get the entry level cost down. StudioPrint 10 at ~$1,500, 2200 at
$700 and a CIS for $300 bringing the total to ~$2,300. I was hoping they
would support the 1280 and other small desktop printers with a version of
the RIP in the $500 range as Piezo, Sundance/R9 and Colorbyte do.

Martin Wesley