Digital BW, The Print

>I know this sounds twisted ...

Yes, it is. ;-)

> If anyone can print on an Epson with Epson's 
>monochrome solution, there is less need for me and other print for pay 
>people. I long for the days when all this digital stuff cost too much 
>for "anyone" to own.

Don't you think all those people with EZ C86 printers might want a few big
ones?  I hope they are going to expand the field; I don't think many are
going to buy large format printers.

As to the 7600 v. 7000 quality issue, bear in mind that I had to change the
density of the middle gray to get top notch performance out of my latest
7500 UT-FSN+ solution.  The Piezo M density ink is just not optimized for
these printers.  (The entire generation of 7000 - 9500 is supported by the
UT-FSN+ inkset.)  Antonis and Joe B. saw samples of what the approach can
do.  I think the 7500 and this generation of printers will be the first I'll
explore and support via IJC/OPM.

As to Epson UC inks, I made an Epson solution for those who think third
party inks are necessarily inferior.  But the UT-FSN will beat the UC inks
hands down in fade tests.  I don't have significant clogging, and I love
being able to print glossy or matte without changing the black ink.  That
2.3+ dmax on sprayed Epson Premium Semimatte (Wilhelm ">200 years") sure
makes a nice B&W option.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 






Mark

On Jan 6, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Joel Pickford wrote:

>  I still think Epson could best solve this problem,
>  maintain their market share and enhance their brand by
>  coming out with a monochrome solution.

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