Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" 
<tyler@t...> wrote:
> 
> And the winner was, apparently by an overwhelming margin...
> A B&W print, made with 3rd party monochromatic inks, on 3rd party 
fine
> art "matte" paper.

Would have liked to heard Epson's thoughts about this, They should be 
happy since things like this do help sell more "stuff" to the people 
that are less commited to being different from the norm.

> and support your 3rd party suppliers.

I have for more than 6 years, and plan to continue until I can no 
longer get those materials. The last time I put OEM ink in a printer 
was just after buying one, and then just because the machine wasn't 
for me and the inks were included in the box. But as we all know, 
this is a two edged blade and can cut both ways if enough people 
switch. No more cheap hardware. Thankfully there are far more people 
buying OEM than buying third party, so this shouldn't be a huge 
problem in the near future.