Digital BW, The Print

davidhatton2000 wrote:

>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography
> <skid@b...> wrote:
> > davidhatton2000 wrote:
> >
> > >  Hi,
> > >
> > > I use a small IRIS 3024 for my colour work and I call my
> > > prints 'IRIS' prints.
> > >
> > > Although at one level the IRIS machine is an inkjet printer, there
> > > is obviously more to it than that (hence the price tag). This is
> the
> > > problem with using the generic term 'inkjet print'.
> > >
> > > To compare an IRIS print with almost any other is akin to the
> chalk
> > > and cheese analogy, and further, to call an IRIS print an injet
> print
> > > is blasphemy. IRIS printers produce nothing less than beautiful
> > > images and work on an entirely different technology level to
> > > a 'normal' inkjet printer.
> > >
> > > IRIS technology is unique, difficult to operate and very very
> > > expensive to run. On top of all that, IRIS rpints sell.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > David H
> >
> > David,
> > I may be ignorant.  What makes Iris so different from any
> contemporary inkjet
> > printer that they should be put in a different category of
> printmaking?
> >
> > And if Iris were really that much a superior a system and
> methodology, why are
> > they no longer made (the machines, not the prints)?
> >
> Hi Harvey,
>
> IRIS printers ARE still manufactured. The current iteration having
> the name IXIA (pr Zia). I commend you to visit
>
> http://www.itnh.com/itpages/equip/new_output.html?IXIA,IXIA%20Printer
>
> for the latest info,
>
> Regards,
>
> David H.

David,
Interestingly, the stated dpi for the IXIA is only 300.  I tried going to the
'specs list', and the page loaded as code.  IXIA is not very impressive, despite
their statement that the 'perceived' dpi is much greater.  Sounds to me like the
'Emperor's New Clothes'.  ;-)

Also, IT technologies who bought the 'dated' technology license from Scitex (or
Microtek) has a *terrible* reputation!  These are the guys who bring us
'Chromazone Inks', which were discussed a couple of months ago, and thoroughly
trashed by the lists.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC







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