Digital BW, The Print

> Wow... I can't imagine more than 10 people buying software that
> requires a dingle... This is like going back to the earliest versions
> of Lotus 1-2-3. Equally hard to see a parallel port version of
> anything selling well.

You'd be surprised at how many RIPS and 3D imaging programs require dongles.
Quite a few of the higher end packages do. And most RIPS run off PC's, so
parallel port dongles are quite common.

> I guess Jon Cone has just licensed a version of Image Print...I only
> hope he didn't put a lot of development time and/or money into it
> because this sounds like a loser...and I think that even if the
> quality is significantly better.

I think it has the potential to sell quite well. Copy protection isn't the
issue for me, it's the licensing model. The software isn't inexpensive. If
they are marketing to the typical Piezo user, they'll have include licensing
for two printers in the box.

> This is just not a concept that is going to be received well by many
> people (IMHO). I have been thinking about ditching my 1160s and
> upgrading to 1280s or 5000s, thinking this new software would be the
> impetus for me...now I'd better find another 1160<g>.
>
> What a disappointment. I usually get incredibly excited about even
> fairly minor improvements in tools I use so much. Hard to understand
> how they could be this far off (at least from my point of
> view...maybe I'm isolated, but I suspect not.).

I think they missed the mark on pricing (for the desktop version). It's just
too expensive for the majority of users. If they were to drop the price by
half, they'd sell ten times as much of the software.