Digital BW, The Print

Steve <spdolha@...> wrote:

>...
>My feeling is that the Piezo software could become an industry
>standard ...
>other ink and paper vendors ...
>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.

Steve, you're sounding like a fellow economist or antitrust attorney.  You
took the words right out of my mouth.

In fact, it is happening with or without Cone Edition's participation.  The
FS is, as a practical matter, a reverse-engineered inkset.

When I designed the variable-tone inksets I started with Piezo ink because
that is what I used.  However, when doing the MIS version my experiments
with various densities led me so close to the Piezo densities that I did
take into consideration making inksets that could easily serve both
workflows.

The sepia-to-neutral variable-tone inkset that I'm working on is intended to
give rise also to a neutral FS (Cone clone) type ink.  The cyan-position
inks are the same.  Once I get the cyan to where I want it, it's easy to
dilute for the magenta and yellow positions to make a Piezo-compatible
inkset.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com