Digital BW, The Print

bill_bergh wrote

> And I hear that the piezo driver gives even better prints though I have not
seen it.
>
> I have been told behind the scenes that this guy works for MIS or gets free
stuff.
>
> Looking back through the archives I would say it asfe to say that he is a
government employee or a lawyer.  What a twisted methodology.

I am pleased to see Bill Bergh here on the list. He is an employee of
InkJetMall/ConeStudios and was an extremely helpful (and generally
good-humoured) contributor on the peizoBW mailing list that I used to read.

But I was surprised to read Bill's implied attack on Paul Roark -- I thought his
tone very churlish and his insinuations unsupported. On my reading Paul's
contribution to the community of quad-tone printers has been outstandingly
generous, and his advice untainted by commercial interest. As for Paul's
methodology of quad-tone research and printing, I don't think 'twisted' is the
right term -- try 'open', 'generous', 'community-minded'. I am not sure what the
relevance of his former employment as a consumer-protection bureaucrat (is that
right?) might be, except perhaps that this has enhanced his interest in
contributing to the community and his capacity for logical thought.

Declaration of interest: I have been a (mostly lurking) member of this list
since it began. I have bought products from both MIS and InkJetMall. I have no
connection with either business except as a satisfied customer. I intend to buy
some MIS VM inks for my 1160 and use Paul's workflow.

Peter Marquis-Kyle
Brisbane, Australia