Digital BW, The Print

Michael...

Uhhh..hum....How much is that RIP you mention gonna cost someone?  

Now compare that to the few hundred dollars for the Piezo plugin.  

How do they compare? 

Steadman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael J. Kravit 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 9:44 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Profiles: Are they valuable? Does Piezo have an Advantage? was FS


  Steadman,

  Of course not being argumantative, I would like to explain to you 
  that Professional RIP's that cost in the same range as the Piezo RIP 
  in many cases come with a huge number of canned profiles just as 
  Piezo does.

  For example, the ImagePrint 4.0 software comes with over 30 ink/paper 
  combinations and is growing every day.

  You are correct that Profiling can cost around $100 / paper/ink 
  combination. If you use 30 papers that can become expensive. BUT, 
  assuming that at any one time you will be using 4-5 papers, I really 
  don't see this as a major problem. Not for the professional, and 
  these RIP's are geared toward the professional.

  The point being, when a new paper comes out and we want it, we must 
  wait for IJM to profile it and publish it. If they were to use ICC 
  profiles instead of their proprietary ICQ profiles, you could have a 
  profile within a day or two at a reasonable cost.

  Believe me, I am a big fan of the Piezography software. We are not 
  debating the merits of Piezo vs. Wausatch vs. Best, vs. Image Print 
  4.0. I am only suggesting that a bit of flexibility would be a 
  positive for the professional user and IJM atthe same time.

  Have you ever seen the layout options afforded by the professional 
  RIP's? In reading the ImagePrint brochure for example, you can use 
  their RIP to print Quadtone images and RGB images on different 
  printers at the same time. That is flexability!  If there is an 
  inkset that comes out, you just profile it and the RIP will handle 
  it. That is flexibility.

  In the world of digital photography, things change so fast, that 
  flexibility comes in very handy.

  Mike


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