Digital BW, The Print

I agree that Ink Village is not doing themselves any favours.  I can only
hope that Futures watches these reactions closely and doesn't make the same
basic product launch mistakes with their own forthcoming new product range.
One rarely gets a second shot at this stuff.  They would also do well to
take greater control/influence over how licensees launch their products.
Still, if anyone tries the inks I'd be interested in reports.


> From: koloshor <koloshor@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:28:46 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: New inks:  Nanochrome (nano nano, Mork!)
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale"
> <stevekale@b...> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm surprised nobody has commented on this:
>> 
>> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb316598.htm
> 
> If you want an honest comment, I found that Ink Village press release
> so pathetic that I gave up reading it after two paragraphs, checked
> out the web site and was similarly unimpressed.
> 
> It starts out "Digital Photography and Fine Art Giclee Print
> Professionals are raving about..." and just gets worse from there.
> Guys, no one is "raving" about this stuff. They're hardly discussing it.
> 
> Encapsulation has nothing to do with "metamorism" (sic). And how many
> times can they repeat that misspelling on their web site?
> 
> Like Mark Savioa, I tried to find the longevity testing results that
> were supposed to be on the web site, and couldn't. But I did find some
> gems in the FAQ.
> 
> http://www.theprintvillageshop.com/faq.asp
> 
> This is in reference to sublimation printing: "The image is actually
> as scratch resistant as the first few millimeters of the surface it is
> sublimated on since they are impregnated in color, beyond that point
> scratches will show the substrate original color". Come on,
> sublimation doesn't even penetrate a few micrometers of most surfaces,
> let alone "the first few millimeters". Well, maybe if you're doing a
> sub print on Sponge Bob Square Pants...
> 
> Then the FAQ goes on and on about how some other company holds the
> patents on sublimation printing smaller than 42 inches, and tells
> people: "A US based Company holds patents relating to the formulation
> of dye sublimation ink for use in inkjet printers. ... No distributor,
> reseller or sales person has the authority or right to authorize use
> of our sublimation inks on printers that have a carriage width under
> 42 ... US Sublimation forbids using it's licensed products in any way
> that is not permissible under the terms of the license ..." (ellipses
> mine).
> 
> But what's the first thing you see when you click on the sublimation
> page, itself?
> 
> http://www.theprintvillageshop.com/departments.asp?dept=5
> 
> Not the inks, not the transfer paper, not the presses, and not the
> substrates. No, the very first thing on the sublimation page is...
> 
> "Continuous ink supply systems" for Epson C63, 64, 82, 83, 84, 86,
> 900, 1270, 1280, 2100, 2200, as well as empty carts for the 4000 and
> 7600. Reminds me of when I was young and you used to be able to buy an
> AR-15, and the seller would go into great detail about the things you
> MUST NOT DO to the gun, the parts you must not add, etc.
> 
>