Digital BW, The Print

Steven Karafyllakis wrote:

>There is also the price factor-Epson inks will never be reasonably 
>priced, that's where they make their money.  The real danger here is 
>having one company's inks become the defacto standard by which all 
>others are judged. Even if some 3rd party inks are better in some 
>respect, (eg lifespan) where Epson inks to be perceived as the only 
>acceptable standard for fine art inkjets it could become difficult to 
>sell prints made with anything else. I expect that's where Epson is 
>going with the 'Archival Certification Program' they announced a few 
>months back.
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>Steve Karafyllakis
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Which made me suggest to Paul Roark that it is time that MIS together 
with one of the art paper manufacturers should have its inks tested by 
Wilhelm on a widely used paper. That is the only way to keep some 
competition in this business. I also think that we shouldn't hesitate to 
add some money too if it is that expensive. In my opinion it should be 
Wilhelm who does the testing. That way MIS can ride on teh wave of 
Epson's claims as well. One or two papers, a universal quad ink and the 
MIS 7600 to check the colors/toners also.

Ernst