Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> MIS has put the C82 "Easy B&W" as well as the UT-2 inks on its web 
page.
> See the "News/What's New" tab on the www.InkSupply.com
> <http://www.inksupply.com/>  page.

> The FS-N inks are not ready to go.  I think MIS is off on vacation 
and will
> not get to those until January.
 
Hi Paul,

I went to the MIS site after reading your post. I see that in 
addition to the UT-2 for the 1280 and C82 printers, they also mention 
that they consider the VM series as already replaced by the UT 
inkset, and the FS/FSN's will be phased out as soon as their UT based 
replacements are ready.

I understand the nature of your relationship with MIS, but thought 
I'd ask a couple of questions:

1. How long do you think it will be before the old FS/FSN inks become 
unavailable? If we have tuned workflows based on the old formula's 
characteristics, can we expect some adjustments will be required to 
adopt the new UT/FS-N's?

2. Since MIS is moving so much of their product line to the UT 
formulation, do you think any of the original inksets will remain 
available in their product lineup? I realize that may not be an 
appropriate question to ask of you, but even "qualified speculation" 
would be most welcome ;>)

My own workflows are both curve and RIP based, depending on the 
printer/inkset combination. You've been incredibly generous in 
supporting the curve-based workflows, so it is only adapting my wide-
format RIPs to the UT formulations that I'm really concerned with.

Thanks for any information you feel comfortable sharing, Paul. 
I would direct these questions to Bob at MIS, but they're closed 
until after the New Year and I was planning on making some system and 
inkset changes in my print room during that time. Now I'm not sure I 
should proceed based on their latest announcement...

Regards,
Richard