Digital BW, The Print

> I tried to tell people about this some weeks back.  Unfortunately, a
> good number of listmembers were more interested in defending software or
> platforms  than in reality..

I just remember conjecture.

> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/message/37337
> 
> Bowhaus promised in their March 25, 2003 press release that:
> 
> "A windows and OS X version of  InkJet Control will be announced soon"
> 
> http://www.bowhaus.com/inkjetcontrol/press.pdf
> 
> The fact is, some supposedly made business decisions based on that promise..
> 
> However, the promise is not only unfulfilled, but reportedly shelved (at
> least as far as a Windoze version is concerned).
> 
> I can say that it has been said that some  actually delayed introducing
> products and/or held back working on other print workflows based upon
> their belief in the representation made by Bowhaus that versions other
> than the Mac version were soon forthcoming.
> 

Unless they had a contract regarding those decisions, that is their own
problem.

> Unfortunately, Bowhaus is a digital lab, not primarily  a consumer
> software developer.  End result, they apparently bit off more than they
> could chew.. much less digest in a reasonable period.
> 

People make mistakes all the time.

> I won't say much more of what I know or knew...
> 

I'm impressed.

> However, the fact that ONLY a series of 2200 cartridges  were ever
> released to support the Bowhaus workflow, and the fact that the UT2 set
> is  not designed for that workflow should speak volumes..
> 
> The fact is that B&W Quad/Hex printing is already a niche inkset
> market..  Reduce that market by another order of magnitude by supporting
> only the Classic Mac OS

Don't forget OSX.

and you probably won't find future ready-made
> inksets designed around supporting the product..  The necessary volume
> of sales just wouldn't be there.
> 

The UT inkset works great.

If people want to make it work bad enough, they will. Network a cheap
Powerbook and stick it on a shelf. Last shop I worked in had the retouching
Mac stations networked to a dirt cheap PC running the Cone rip for the 9000.

> Some on this list have indicated before that they feel I have an axe to
> grind against specific companies, etc.  Nothing could be further from
> the truth.. I simply report the news as I hear it in the business.
> Unlike Shutterbug, Pop Photo, or much of the trade press I don't
> sugarcoat it or spin it in a way that benefits ANY particular vendor..
> Nor do I withhold information simply because some may find it
> disconcerting to a particular product, vendor, manufacturer, or consumer
> base.  In fact, I've actually had vendors say (in writing in some cases)
> that they are nervous about having me review their products for exactly
> those same reasons.. On the other hand, I have no financial ties to any
> of these firms, so my reviews and commentary are essentially made
> without any intentional bias.  Nor do I broach commentary on industry
> doings without corroborating my facts first.
> 
> For those who enjoyed "killing the messenger" (me) onlist back in
> mid-November, I hope you enjoy eating your words now.  If you want, I
> can print them out with Bowhaus tailored quads and toast them to a nice
> deep sepia tone for you.
> 

There is no evidence that anything has changed. If it has, and contracts
have been written up, then I'm SURE someone's lawyers will be jumping down
someone else's throat.

> I'd say "I  TOLD YOU SO!"; but I think this link makes the point even
> better:
> 
> http://www.p-o-v-image.com/EPSON/rabbit.rpm
> 
> 

Um, great, juvenalia. Is that content in the public domain, or is it covered
by copyright?

> 
> 
> Keith Krebs
> 
> "Just some guy," 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/
> and  the Multiverse's largest Canon printer User  Community at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon-printers
> "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together
> guys"

Is it really necessary to include all of this...? Makes the digest really
long.

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No comment on the new 'necessity' of this text.

Jon