Digital BW, The Print

These new "8" series printers are using "pressurized" carts.

That, I believe is going to "screw" the 3rd party ink manufacturers.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm wondering how the driver handles situations which are, say, 
mostly B&W
> > but with a little colour.  Seems to me you would lose the B&W 
mode.
> > Hopefully all the driver advances aren't buried in there.
> 
> The need for a separate B&W mode strikes me as a compromise.  
Ideally, I'd
> think there should be a continuous crossover between, for example, 
the LLK
> and color pigs as the saturation changed.  Perhaps they simply 
think that
> for more accurate control they need a B&W mode that sets a very 
restricted
> ink limit for the color pigs.
> 
> 
> > >> What is this going to do to independent monochrome ink 
manufacturers?
> > >
> > > The third party sellers will have the usual clone inks with 
much lower
> > > prices.
> > 
> > Maybe I am naïve but it seems as the inks get more and more 
complex with
> > newer encapsulation techniques the clones may begin to lag 
further behind.
> 
> That could happen, but I'm skeptical that Epson has found a killer
> encapsulation technology.  For their big color market, the gamut is 
what
> matters most.  Here the ink load -- amount of pigment relative to 
fluid --
> is what matters most.  They do seem to have been able to jack that 
up a bit.
> This probably has more to do with the fluid than pigments.
> 
> On the other hand, Epson is the company that has the most R&D to 
pour into
> the field.  So, it's entirely possible that they will be able to 
pull away
> from the others.  I'll rely on my own fade tests to tell.  I'll do 
a UC K3
> v. UT7 as soon as someone can get me appropriate test strips.
> 
> > Am I missing something or are the proclaimed longevity stats 
worse than
> > those originally claimed for the UCs?
> 
> No, they are claiming better longevity.  That may be affected most 
by how
> much carbon (or the Epson version of such) is in the mix.   The LLK 
might
> help here.
> 
> 
> > 
> > How do you think they cool the greyscale?  I guess I would have 
thought by
> > using LC not magenta.  Can you elaborate...
> 
> They need C, LC, M and LM for the best results.  Cyan by itself 
gives you
> greenish B&Ws.  Use of just the light pigs is not optimum because 
it puts
> more fluid than needed on the glossy paper, which is usually a 
negative.  
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com