Digital BW, The Print

Guys, can we stop the pissing match?
Mark

On Mar 3, 2007, at 9:52 AM, failedthespian wrote:

> With all due respect, just because one rogue company made reference to
> the BWS test, isn't grounds for saying it isn't relevant or that it
> isn't a more scientific basis than WIR test criteria.  That's like
> throwing out the baby with the bath water!
>
> Your missing the point.  The OEM's go to WIR precisely because he  
> hands
> out certificates saying that "X" ink will last one hundred and forty
> years.  In the scientific community WIR is an object of a certain  
> amount
> of derision.
>
> I am happy to publish the independent test data done on a number of
> competitors inks by Leeds University's DCC - including the flawed
> Fotonic inks that WIR are so enamored with.
>
> Paul Banks
> Image Alchemy Ltd
> www.image-alchemy.com
> www.image-alchemy.de
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@...  
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 3/3/07 9:17:55 AM, failedthespian@... writes:
>>
>>
>>> My contention is that many organisations use WIR to give them a
> level of
>>> credibility that they often don't deserve.
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately very shady companies have used that same claim and  
>> logic
> for
>> prefering Blue Wool over Wilhelm in the past, and the result has been
> inksets
>> that were claimed to be very long-lived via the Blue Wook standard,
> which were
>> extremely short-lived in reality. At least with the Wilhelm failures
> we know
>> exactly what went wrong. If you are looking for legitimacy in the
> inkjet market,
>> you will need to use the same types of testing the big players  
>> (Epson,
> HP)
>> use, not those that the fly-by-nights (I'll avoid inserting a list
> here <G>)
>> use, no matter what your personal opinions of the various test  
>> methods
> may be;
>> its not yourself you need to convince.
>>
>> C. David Tobie
>> Product Technology Manager
>> ColorVision Business Unit
>> Datacolor Inc.
>> CDTobie@...
>> www.colorvision.com
>>
>>
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