Digital BW, The Print

I have been harping about this too and gotten slapped around on 
various forums.   Some part of Epson's revenue from printer slaes is 
based upon it's claim that its printers produce professional quality 
B&W out of the box, which is not the case.  Epson should therefore 
either (a) revise its drivers so that they do what's promised or (b) 
stopping making innacurate representations.  As to why no one has 
held their feet to the fire on this: I agree.  The basic theory would 
be misrepresentation/breach of implied warranty of fitness.  Now, if 
I filed a lawsuit years ago.  But since I'm not, I've relegated 
myself to complaining fruitlessly to Epson directly and on the 
internet.  :-)



> Not to be sounding in Epsons defense, but do they actually 
advertise that their printers are capable of producing neutral b&w 
prints right out of the box?  If they do, why doesn't someone hold 
their feet to the fire about it?  I've wondered for a while now if 
Epson isn't actually making an effort, for reasons I can't see, to 
produce products and software that require third party RIP's to get 
the best results.  Could be that there is not enough return for Epson 
to develop top notch software that would run only on their printers.  
While the RIP manufacturers can market their basic RIP to many 
different manufacturers.  In any case, I believe you're correct about 
Epson promoting (either implicitly or explecitly) top rung results 
right out of the box, and not being able to deliver.
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> Tom Baker
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> Tim Atherton <timatherton@t...> wrote:
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> > I just have to take exception to all those who complain that
> > Imageprint - and many other software products - is a ripoff.
> 
> the ripoff is in having to spend $400-$500 to be able to get the 
printer to
> do what the manufacturer claimed/claims it can do - i.e. print B&W
> 
> On top of which, for Imageprint - while it does, basically, do the 
job it
> supposed to do fairly well , it is one of the clunkiest and worst 
designed
> pieces of software out there - especially if you are paying $1500 
to $2000
> or more for the "full" version.
> 
> there is no real reason - apart from complacent market dominance - 
why Epson
> could not produce a printer that actually does this out of the box.
> 
> tim a
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