Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 5/14/2005 11:58:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

John,

What I do not understand is that Epson didn't invite you 5  years ago to 
lead the design team, that would have saved us a lot of  headaches :-)

Ernst



I applaud your point here. Having worked on design teams for over 25 years,  
I can tell you that product design and production is run by bean counters and  
sales/marketing types much more so than engineers. Product lines must EVOLVE  
because there is so much to learn from one generation to the next.
 
Historially, there are many companies whose products got worse over time  
rather then better (cheaper materials, etc.). The PRINT QUALITY improves with  
each generation of printer, so we should be thankful for the opportunity to buy  
such quality for a measly 5 Grand (try an RA-4 setup that can make 44" prints 
 and see what THAT costs).
 
Claude


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