Digital BW, The Print

Michael,

There are 7 ink printers in Japan already. But you need to surf their website with a friend who can read Kanji!

The United States is behind in printer technology comparing to the Japanese consumer.

-Della

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael Kravit" <michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> Spoke with a developer friend who has one coming from Epson either this week
> or next (He hopes as it is already late.). He told me that Epson is
> releasing 3 new machines. One 24", one perhaps to replace the 3000 size and
> still another. He said that they will be created in the 10000 lineage and
> does not believe that they will be 7 inks. He thinks they will be 3
> picoliter and use the variable drop heads like the 10000 and 1280. He said
> that the 10000 will be Epsons flagship for the next few years.
> 
> I hope that the 7 color printer is not a vicous rumor.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marktuckerdotcom" <mark@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 3:07 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Rumors about new Epson 8500?
> 
> 
> > Next door, over on the Epson9000 list, there are several posts
> > today about *rumors* related to the new 8500. Interesting to note
> > that several people have mentioned that it's a 7-color printer,
> > which would contain at least one "grey" ink. I wonder if this could
> > be combined with the black ink, for a "two color" printer, that
> > would eliminate color crossover. Or, maybe this grey ink will be
> > used for some of that UCR/GCR to address metamerism?
> >
> > Or, could this be a "duotone" printer, and a color printer in one?
> >
> > They are saying that it'll be 24" wide, and will cost about $2500. If
> > these rumors are true, those puppies will fly off the shelves.
> >
> > I wonder if Epson normally announces stuff like this at PMA. I
> > also wonder if they're already shipping in either Japan or the UK.
> >
> > Full of wonder today,
> >
> > -MTucker, http://marktucker.com
> >
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