Digital BW, The Print

I think you would be rather surprised as to the number of prosumers or even
consumers who monitor this list and use a well-priced RIP such as QTR.  The
expansion of QTR to the Windows platform will likely see this usage expand
rapidly. It would be very interesting indeed for the Moderators to conduct
an online survey of the Group's participants to better understand it's
demographics.

PS:  Please trim your posts


> From: "David B. Brooks" <fotografx@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:01:03 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] StudioPrint, mono color management etc. was How
> reliable
> 
> 
> Tyler,
> 
> Thanks for filling me in on StudioPrint RIP. I had sent e-mail to Robert
> Eversole asking for documentation, but never obtained a response. I
> appreciate your perspectives.
> 
> I keep pretty close tabs on what is happening in color management and I
> don¹t think the companies are being obstructionist at all, they just have
> their plates full to meet the demand for color solutions and try to get a
> leg up on the competition.
> 
> Unfortunately I do not see the B&W RIP solutions as being particularly
> viable for the prosumer market, at least as they are presently configured.
> Nor do I see  what a RIP supports as a viable solution to extending CM
> capabilities to cover B&W printing. That¹s not because I don¹t believe what
> you say about how it can be done. It has more to do with inherent
> limitations which inhibit growth to a critical mass of consumers that would
> allow a price structure that won¹t inhibit sales growth.
> 
> I also have a bit of personal inhibition, considering StudioPrint only
> supports Windoze. I was exclusively Windows for almost 10 years myself, even
> was founding editor of PC Graphics & Video magazine which was produced on
> Windows in a publishing house with 13 other magazines all produced on Macs!
> After Redmond released Windows 2000 without the planned ICM 3.0 upgrade I
> soon became so frustrated I bought my first Mac.  My shop now has just one
> lone, seldom used IBM graphics system and five Macs.
> 
> Regards, David B. Brooks
> Shutterbug Magazine
> E-mail: fotografx@...
> 
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