Digital BW, The Print

At 08:07 PM 11/2/03 -0800, you wrote:
>A competitor's take on this is that WeInk had a disaster with a Canon CIS.
>Perhaps this article is a way for deflecting criticism.  The real issue,
>however, is that the viscosity requirements of Epsons and Canons is very
>different.  The reason we use Epsons is that they can tolerate the higher
>viscosity of relatively high-load pigmented inks.  Reducing the load and
>viscosity to bring the ink within the Epson tolerances is why MIS has a
>separate "GP" ink for the 1280 v. the 2200.  It's the viscosity.
>
>At any rate, a whole lot of people are sure happy with their Epson dye
>printers pumping out pigments.  I'm sure it's a stretch for some of them,
>and that may, indeed, be one of the reasons some of the printers just don't
>seem to be able to handle the inks.  But appropriate pigments seem to work
>fine with the Epson printers I've had any experience with.
>
>It sure would be nice if we had top Epson and other inkjet chemists and
>designers on this list.  It's really tough to know what information is
>correct and what is guessing or competitive sales talk from the re-sellers.
>No doubt half of what we hear today will turn out to be wrong next year.
>
>Paul
>http://www.PaulRoark.com

Paul,

What's the old saw about aeronautical engineers "proving" that bumble bees 
can't fly?

AZ

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