Digital BW, The Print

http://www.outbackphoto.com/news/pma2006/canon/022106_PMA_PixmaPro.pdf


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bert Katzung"
<katzung1@...> wrote:
>
> Great news, indeed! Has anyone seen any guesses as to the price
ranges for 
> these machines?
> My hope would be that they would undercut Epson by a couple of hundred, 
> forcing Epson to drop by a little more, and so on, and so on....<G>
> Bert
> 
> katzung1@...
> www.astronomy-images.com
> www.visionlightgallery.com/katzung/
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "scott_now_coming" <scott_now_coming@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Canon 10 and 12 color pigment printers
> 
> 
> This is great news for the "comsumer". Nothing like competition in a
> free market.
> 
> Canon has the resources to crush Epson if they so choose to.
> 
> Hopefully, Canon's pigment inks will rival Epson's in the longevity
> testing. That's what everyone will be looking at, IMO.
> 
> I never had a fault with Canon printers, other than the fact that the
> inks faded relatively fast.
> 
> I looking forward to the "data" and "testing". Bring it on!  :>)
> 
> Scott
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla
> <E.Dinkla@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Seems like Canon soon delivers the printers we like to have:
> > >
> > > ° imagePROGRAF iPF5000
> > >
> > >
> http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/new_large_format_canon_p
> rinter_due_in_april/
> > >
> > > ° PIXMA Pro9500 model, the first PIXMA photo printer to use 10
> > > pigment ink cartridges with Canon's new Lucia pigmented inks
> > > which provide photo black, matte black, gray, photo magenta,
> > > magenta, photo cyan, cyan, yellow, green and red for color and
> > > monochrome prints.
> > >
> > > ° PIXMA Pro9000 printer, which uses eight dye-based ink
> > > cartridge and new Direct Print features and bundled software
> > > to help speed up workflow.
> >
> > For the last two see:
> >
> > http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/canon_02212006_pixmapro_pr.html
> >
> > Ernst
> >
>