Digital BW, The Print

OK all!

I'll play Devil's advocate... as many of you have rightly pointed out that
the text of this reply from Jon is not really saying anything.

On the other hand... maybe, the products in development are those that are
'on the horizon' and I believe we know that these are at least accounted for
by:
1) Inks based on Selenium toning;
2) A new Cone-badged printer;
3) A new Piezo BW entry level driver - hopefully with additions to the Pro24
driver (my addition) - but for example I believe it has been stated in the
archives that there will be some simplified margin / centering controls in
the next full release;
4) Piezo Color software plugin.

I can't tell you anything that isn't already public (read: I don't know, not
'I know, but can't say') and all of the above is from memory of public lists
anyway. I believe that Jon C is not giving you the above simply because they
have 'learnt their lesson' from Vapourware claims and current issues with
the colour ink set.

Something that I have noticed from a few Yahoo groups is what I would call
'support churn'. That is, a supplier (say Epson Mike, or Shelby from
Inkjetmall, or ...) - posts an informative thread on 'status' or 'product'
or 'freebie' (in fact I have never known Inkjetmall to 'advertise' on their
groups) - and this is rapidly followed by a churn of emails 'did you mean
this?' 'what about that?' etc. Perhaps this is natural of us the
group-reader. But this adds substantially to the support levels encountered
by the company - if they succeed, great, if they don't - they have been
talking vapourware (the readers say). I think that we sometimes need to be a
little more cautious about the questions we ask. We tend to be dealing with
small companies, after all... for whom a couple of people going to a show
can be a big-deal on the staffing level side.

I am worried that companies will stop posting anything other than 'press
releases' (if at all) to groups even they own, on the basis of the follow-on
requirements for support.

Finally, I am 'associated', but not tied to Inkjetmall / Cone Editions
Press. I am just setting up a UK company for resale of digital fine-art
products. You will find out more when I am ready to tell you :) - but I am
not tied to one supplier. The content of this group is interesting to me
with the talk of similar, but often complimentary products (they don't all
do the same thing). I hope most of you know that I take a balnced view of
most things in life :)

All the best,
Nij



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael J. Kravit [mailto:kravit@...]
<snip>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Here is Jon Cones answer............
>
> "I hear you. I really do. What looks one way one day has a way of getting
> completely turned around the next. We are a company about
> progress...  there
> are things on the horizon which may possibly change your heart."
>
> Can anyone figure out what he said?
>
> Mike