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.

I'd be on the side of betting there will be Chinese clones within months.

I have not seen anything on the cart, but it would seem relatively simple to
slightly pressurize a sealed cavity outside the inner bag.  They already
have lots of pumps going, so putting some of the air into these cavities
only when the printer is running would seem relatively easy.

>... 
> I'm hoping they're ... formulating a set of inks
> that don't need cooling, so there's no influx of color pigs on a
> neutral print. That is after all the most reliable way to get
> crossover/cast/metamerism free B&W printing. Is that just too
> logical to hope for?

I'd be surprised if they've been able to do that.  But, who knows.  I expect
little change from the UC inkset.  The MK is apparently going to be
identical, and that is very warm.  So, I would not hold my breath for a
truly neutral black pigment ink.

I think there will be some good prices on 7600s coming up.  For dedicated
B&W printers, they might be the ones to grab.  A large format printer that
can't do glossy and matte just is not that interesting to me.  Even though
they have simplified the process over the 7600, I don't what to mess with
changing inks at all.

So, until that second black cart is there, I'll stick to the UT7 approach.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com