Digital BW, The Print

David M. Dorn wrote:

> 
> Epson's  arrogance and GM attitude, "what good for GM is good for the  
> country" is what has brought out all the competition.  Maybe Epson  
> should take a note form Toyota and give the buyer what he wants.
> 
> The second confirmation of their arrogance is taking this action just  
> as Canon and HP move in on them.


It will be interesting to see whether Epson will speed up 
their product introductions. With the 2200-9600 generation and 
the 2400-9800 generation I had strong suspicion that more 
innovation was on the shelves but not introduced by the lack 
of competition in the market. Milking the crowd with gradual 
steps isn't new and a sound marketing concept if the market 
allows it. That's no longer possible for Epson pigment 
printers so expect a faster product cycle.

I also wonder whether the thermo head solutions (Canon, HP, 
Lexmark, Dell) now that they have taken the step to prosumer 
pigment printers get in a better position with the lower price 
of their thermo heads. I have seen that Canon W8400P heads 
(44" pigment printer) are on price lists so not an article you 
have to order from special companies like Epson requires. HP 
had the same policy with the wide format pigment and dye 
printers. If the user can do the job easy and isn't kept from 
doing it like in the Epson policy it could mean a real 
advantage. Epson will have to address that too.

Ernst

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           Ernst Dinkla


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