Digital BW, The Print

That's like saying that people complain to Adobe about results with 
different colour inks and papers when using Photoshop with ICC 
profiles - not likely.  Customers only complain when a vendor's 
technical support can not give clear solutions to problems or point 
people at the reasons for the problems.

My feeling is that the Piezo software could become an industry 
standard by releasing the specification for the ICQ curves - just 
like ICC is a standard today.  Perhaps they could license the ICQ 
spec to other ink and paper vendors to allow the entire industry to 
innovate and in fact expand on the sales of the Piezo software.  
This also lets the market determine which inksets and papers rise to 
the top - and if Piezo gives the best results, the market is quite 
capable of determining that.  There are many historical examples of 
restricted market share resulting from not opening up to standards.

I think opening up the Piezo software would actually increase sales 
and expand the market for Cone.

Regards,
Steve Dolha

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Steadman Uhlich" 
<steadmanuhlich@k...> wrote:
> IF I were Jon Cone I would not sell "just the software" given all 
the variables out there...it is important to have a system 
(paper/software/ink) that works for most people...and Piezography 
System works very well for most people (me included)...if you let 
people change too many of the variables (unsupported papers for 
instance...or someone elses cheap ink)  then you would open up a can 
of worms...and potential for customers to complain and 
complain....and point fingers at the "software" (the most expensive 
part of the equation?) as causing the problem.  
> 
> I think his "turnkey" system with a broad range of supported and 
profiled papers (many available from Inkjetmall) is the smart way to 
go...if I were in his shoes running that business that is what I 
would do too. 
> 
> Steadman
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Julian Thomas 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... 
>   Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 3:32 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] FS
> 
> 
>   Yes - although there are other rips that work. The strength of 
the cone
>   system, for me, lies in the profiles - FS gives identical prints 
at a
>   fraction of the cost.  Whether I'll buy the complete kit 
though ... maybe
>   Cone will sell just the software?
> 
>   Julian
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: <toomagenta@a...>
>   To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
>   Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:40 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] FS
> 
> 
>   > In a message dated 11/30/2001 5:14:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>   > julianthomas@t... writes:
>   >
>   > << My next purchases will be a
>   >  better mf scanner and a 7000/7500 with some kind of RIP and 
FS inks. >>
>   > Are you considering the Cone software?
>   > George J Kunze
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