Digital BW, The Print

>That's my real issue here.  People constantly badmouthing Epson, 
>IP, ...., instead of trying to engage the vendors in a meaningful 
>dialogue.  (Granted, that's sometimes easier said than done.)

As my old Sergeant Major used to say "assumptions are the mother of 
all f**k ups" - you seem to enjoy making an awful lot of assumptions. 
One being that this route hasn't already been taken.

Example (from many many disucssions with IP) - are you going to try 
and do anything in IP6 about the noticable dither and dot pattern in 
the light tones in greyscale images?

IP's reply - after acknowleding yes there is such a problem - "no - 
we are working on adding other (based in prior conversations, 
read "more sexy") features".

it's the same when you bring up issues of excessive bronzing on most 
glossy papers (which, okay, may actually be impossible to remove in 
greyscale images with UT inks...) - but there isn't even interest in 
discussing it as a problem.

Mark