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Re: [Digital BW] Re: New Printers announced by Epson - Jon??

2005-05-10 by Dragonfly Imaging & Printing

Hi Jon,

I heard good things about your Toronto printing seminar from John 
Barker, and others. I wish I had the time. Maybe next time you're in 
town?

As soon as the 9800 starts shipping, I think we'll convert a 9600 to 
Piezography. Your new system sounds amazing.

Cheers, John

www.dragonflyprinting.com

On May 10, 2005, at 3:24 PM, piezobw wrote:

> Mark,
>
> As EPSON creates newer printers, each one of course is supposed to be 
> "the
> solution"...  But the standard is very hard to achieve for a company 
> which
> creates printers for a very broad and sometimes general audience.
>
> For example EPSON is just releasing 3 dilutions of black in this 
> generation,
> while InkjetMall is about to release seven true dilutions of one black 
> tone
> in just a few weeks.
>
> If we thought that the best print possible was created with three 
> dilutions
> of ink, we would have followed the trend of current solutions which 
> use warm
> and cool inks in a set. Rather we see the remarkable quality and 
> improvement
> of producing a new Piezography system with 7 dilutions - each printing 
> at the
> same time.
>
> So while personally I think that the new EPSON printers each year are 
> "good
> enough" for an ever increasing percentage of the market...  we go the 
> other
> way, producing a more narrower focus of product which has to be "more 
> than
> better", which has to really satisfy those photographers who believe 
> their
> work should be printed and presented at the highest standard possible.
>
> We look really, at new EPSON printer releases as offering us some
> interesting options to continue making monochromatic ink solutions for.
>
> regards,
>
> Jon Cone
> http://www.piezography.com
>
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
> <mark@c...> wrote:
>> I would be very curious on a comment from Jon Cone on Epson's claim
>> for great black and white from new printers with K3 inks.
>> Has anyone seen results from them?
>>
>> Mark
>
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