Digital BW, The Print

>  Would you buy a printer that forced you to only use particular inks
and  particular papers?  I know I wouldn't.

And I won't either, though the superior blacks of the HP system should
be tempting for some users. 

Just following the HP Forum is enough to sell me against its current
technology (which really seems a Beta), but it's obviously moving
rapidly in the direction I described and it's only a matter of time
before Epson buys in. 

Notice the "just folks" low tech discussion on the HP Forum, as
compared to the Epson-oriented forums. That suggests to me that the HP
appeals more to people who need good results without too much work,
and that Epson is the way to fly for people who insist on superb
results, willing to put up with an absurdly complex array of
challenges (high button shoes, buggy whips). 

It's a lot like Mac Vs PC, in fact :-) 

> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Djon"
<westsidemaurice@y...> 
> wrote:

> > The chatter about matching monitor and print is analagous to
> > discussions of refinements to buggy whips or high button shoes. The
> > skillsets won't have significant value within two (2) years. 
> > 
> > Printers are becoming self-profiling (HP) and cheap monitors with
> > simple cardboard baffles are better today than were expensive monitors
> > two years ago. Inexpensive photo-oriented monitors will be precisely
> > self calibrating by 2006. Goodbye Macbeth.