Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

When you bring all these other factors into the equation I totally
agree with you and you are really making more sense than I am - I have
been thinking about these same issues. It is nice that we actually DO
have choices now and that there isn't one way to go, and that makes
everything more interesting. Eventually I wan to try some smaller
glossy work with UT7 inks and that could surprise me with that new
formula with the gloss optimizer.

Roy can't tell us about the 9600 vs 9800 comparison with QTR because
he doesn't have a 9600 and no one (except the guys promoting for
Epson) has a 9800. Everytime a new product comes out we debate like
this, and you are toally right, as to the large format models it might
be Christmas before we know much. I'm not going to take Nash Editions
word for it. But, we will start having a lot of reports of the 2400
/2200 comparison with rips and that will give some clues. Right now
that is all we can expect.

As to Gary's comment about not all "tests" being equal, or even
valueable, that is important for sure. 

I can tell you one thing, the quality of ones scan and his command of
Photoshop have a gigantic impact on the ultimate monochrome output,
and can be as much of a factor than even the inkset and media. 


John 






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Not at all.  It depends on whether you think the difference is
"subtle" and
> whether "5 grand" is significant.  Only you can make that decision.
> 
> 
> > From: john dean <deanwork2003@y...>
> 
> > 
> > That is a poor analogy and an extremely subtle difference is not worth
> > changing systems for almost anyone. These things are not that
complicated.