Digital BW, The Print

Oh yes, what's Roland gonna do then when Epson is charging half the
price for pretty much the same size machine. You know Mimaki and
Roland have to be very concerned about Epson entering his grand format
market. Some people will pay a premium for the higher end machines,
but how much more with the way printers become obsolite these days? 10
grand more? Not me. 

john 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
<moodymz3@...> wrote:
>
> I suspect Epson's volume and factory experience allow them to make a
profit
> while still selling to Roland for less than they could do it themselves.
> What may become an issue is if the next generation Epson printers
have 12
> channels.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
john dean
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:36 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Digital Black & White printer test site.
> 
> Does anyone know if the new Rolands and Mimaki's are still using the
> Seiko/Epson heads in them? I know they both did a couple of years ago.
> The Mimaki had two sets of the Epson 10K heads for 12 channels
> available and I assume this is what Roland is now doing with their
> model driven by Ergosofts DaVinci.
> 
> Epson licenced the heads to them. Epson must have made a conscious
> decision not to go for the bigger heavier machines but make money on
> the R&D by letting the other outfits use the patented heads. But, I
> can't image Roland continue paying them for it forever and not making
> their own heads, but who knows.
> 
> john
> 
> 
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