Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tim Atherton 
<timatherton@t...> wrote:
> 
> > 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 

But then WHO is doing the ripping-off?

Maybe it makes the 2200 a ripoff because it appears to promise good 
BW printing without delivering.  But the metamerism is obvious even 
in Epson's sample prints which you could see BEFORE buying the 
printer. 

Maybe it makes outfits like Luminous Landscape rip-off artists 
because in their early reviews of the 2200 they GUSHED over how 
Epson had finally fixed the metamerism in their earlier printers 
such as a the 2000 - except that L.L. reviews are free.

But that doesn't make ImagePrint a ripoff.   I agree that it does 
the job; you know exactly what you're getting, and no one FORCES you 
to buy IP.

> 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.

That's true, but sisnce everyone KNOWS it can't do decent out-of-the-
box BW printing then who's doing the ripping off?