Digital BW, The Print

Steve Kale schreef:


> If you really think there's an opportunity, why not put some of the below into practice?

Let me say that it was not intentionally but it has happened to me
several times. What I wrote a reflection on that experience.

A chair design in the past.

The Nikon 8000-9000 wet mount carrier that I published on the web in
early 2002 with pictures, sold one of the four made to a US customer,
Michael Grecco got a US patent in 2007 or 2008 on essentially the same
design. Never heard of prior art :-)

Similar concepts for Epson scanners, commercialised by two or three
companies in the US, one asking me politely if he could use the concept
and granted that permission, the other sucking for more information by
writing that it couldn't work and a month later selling his version with
all the accessories needed.

Whether they would have been a commercial success in my hands has
to be seen. Even negotiating with a company that does that for you and
securing rights takes time and money which may not pay back after all.
With the wet mount carriers I found some other risks too complex.  It is
interesting that Epson doesn't sell the wet mount carrier for the
V700-V750 at all in Europe. First it wasn't in the package like it is in
the V750 US package but would be available separately, then Epson
skipped that too. I think the concept of wet mounting may not fit one of
the EU rules on the environment or consumer safety. And I thought it
would be more difficult in the US.

Lots of ideas have been uttered by others on the lists like this and
some of them have been picked up by smaller companies and by big ones.
If we all should think that the idea has commercial potential and we
shouldn't talk about it and put it in the drawer for ever then we are
halting progress. If Paul Roark wasn't so eager to explore the countless
ways to mix black pigments this list would have lost 50% of its content.
And Paul picked up suggestions, advice from others on this list and the 
Leben list before that. That MIS made most of the money on the work Paul 
did is how our society works but both forces brought Digital B&W 
printing many steps further. It keeps MIS and its employees busy, keeps 
competition alert, Paul enjoys it and we all benefit in a way.

check the archives of the Leben list:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/epson/old/
http://www.spinics.net/lists/scan/

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Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst


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