Digital BW, The Print

My sources had recently told me that Bowhaus has AT LEAST temporarily 
shelved active development of a Windoze version of IJC/OPM. (reportedly 
at least UNTIL they recoup some of the $ they have invested in initial 
product development - whatever that means). [I've been too busy with 
movie and election work to post about this until now.]

With only an OS9 version AFAIK currently available.. one must wonder 
aloud what the decision-makers at Bowhaus are thinking...  Given both 
the numbers of Classic Mac OS users migrating to OS X and  the VASTLY 
larger installed base of WinTel boxes (an order of magnitude) it gives 
one immediate pause to hear this info (confirmed by several industry 
sources)...

At least QTR comes in a Linux flavor as well (making an effective 
near-term OS X port more likely).

In both cases though (QTR and IJC/OPM) I hate to tell the software 
vendors/developers this, but I find it EXTREMELY unlikely that they will 
have any product backing

Looks like for pre 2200 EPSON desktop printers on WinTel boxes, it's 
"curves" for the foreseeable future if you intend to use varied inks and 
papers (i.e. not be tied by the RIP to specific inksets)..

Can you say "missed market opportunity?"

 
Keith Krebs

"Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"