Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "djon43"
<djon43@...> wrote:
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> 3) Might be smart for Harman paper to work well with Epson pigments
> only. And Epson doesn't actually make Epson paper... hmmm. Harman
> might be smart to consider a buyout, Vs enslavement to Epson, 
> especially if their coating concept confronts newer, better, less
> expensive concepts. Then again, Ilford, which already had distribution
> in place and a much-loved brand, surely must have done that
> calculation? I wonder if they saw handwriting on the wall for coated
> inkjet papers?
>

Harman is the British employee "buy out" group. They "should" know
what they are doing when it comes to B&W papers, chemistry, film, etc.

The new Ilford, has had many millions of dollars infused in upgrading
their paper coating facility in Switzerland. But, they have pretty
much eliminated their old US marketing and distribution company. All
the old sales people are gone. Closed their Bingham, NY shipping &
distribution, Closed their New Jersey office. New US headquarters is
in the Boston area. Distribution is through a 3rd party now.

I imagine most of Ilford's inkjet paper is sold as OEM for HP, Epson
and Canon. 

John Nollendorfs