Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone had any experiences with the Canon printers?
> 
> As you know, I'm a big fan of competition.  So, if there is an alternate
> printer for third party inks -- B&W quads in particular -- it would
seem to
> be a real boon to those of us on this list.
> 
> MIS has told me they are getting strong demand for quadtone inks for
> the Canon S800, S900, S9000 printers.  They are just finishing a
> Continuous Flow set up for them.   I
> 
> MIS thinks Canon has done a good job in trying  to come up to the Epson
> standard.  If Epson is a 10 on the zero to 10 scale, then the new Canon
> printers are a 9 + in MIS's opinion.
> 
> Some attractive characteristics of the Canon machines include that
refilling
> is easy, with no foam problems like the Epson's, and there are
> no chips to deal with.  Moreover, each color has it's own cartridge and
> they are see through.
> 
> Any opinions or interest in these machines?  I'm thinking a "no curves,"
> modified FS-Neutral inkset might be a way to get the ball rolling in
giving
> Epson a little competition in our area of interest.
> 
> Any opinions or interest in these machines or quad inksets for them?
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
>

Yes, I've owned and used a Canon S9000 for all my up-to-13x19 color
printing since it came out a few years ago, and have been very, very
happy with it.

If MIS were to support the S9000 (or any other Canon printer) for B&W
printing, I'd happily dump my B&W-dedicated Epson 1280 and switch to
Canon for all my B&W printing.

John M. Esparolini
ESPimages Photography