Digital BW, The Print

Brian Smokler wrote:
> Kodak has announced printers with much less expensive ink and greater
> volume cartridges than their competition.  Kodak's site here
> <http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2/3/9/1441/10580&p\
> q-locale=en_US&_requestid=7865>   and USA Today article here
> <http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-02-06-kodak-printer_x.htm?cs\
> p=34>  .
> 
>   Kodak is doing well in the consumer point-and-shoot camera space, but
> they are barely on the radar for printing.   It looks like they are
> trying to stir up the market by addressing customer discontent with the
> leading printer makers' expensive OEM replacment inks.
> 
> Given Kodak's impressive history of innovation in the imaging realm, I
> am befuddled how they have simply allowed the transition from film to
> electronic imaging pass them by.  I wonder how good these printers will
> be and if they might work for fine art B&W printing?
> 
> I wonder if this is the first shot in a battle over super cheap printers
> and expensive inks?

We have had more Kodak truths in inkjet printing like their 
fade resistance measuring system that was a fake. Wonder why 
they didn't go for separate ink carts per color if their goal 
was a reduction of ink costs for the customer. That isn't 
solved by increasing the cart contents . It isn't an 
environmental friendly method either. The big inkjet 
manufacturers switch to separate tanks more and more.


Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst

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