Digital BW, The Print

Steadman - for a 7000 the Piezo Rip is more than  a few dollars. Mike only
uses a 7000.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Profiles: Are they valuable? Does Piezo have
an Advantage? was FS


> 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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