Digital BW, The Print

On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:45 PM, C D Tobie wrote:

> Thats certainly a concern even amongst the biggest advocates of such 
> sets (many of whom you will find on this list). Between legal 
> decisions favoring the printer companies, newer models that are 
> progressively harder to hack third party inks into,

So how have Cone and MIS escaped the corporate wrath of Epson?

> and the fact that 
> the OEM B&W options are "good enough" for many users

Ah, the ever present lowest common denominator photographer who is always eager to display his ignorance and loudly announce how this or that product is "good enough".
I think he started shouting "good enough" when cameras reached 1 megapixel.

> , the overall B&W 
> specialty market is shrinking. I worked with multiple suppliers on 
> multiple different B&W inksets over the years, and have watched these 
> companies leave the field, or cease further development. MIS and Cone 
> would be the main survivors at this point in time.


That is REALLY discouraging. They don't make adequate inks yet they don't want anyone to get them elsewhere.
I am tempted to buy a set of inks if for no other reason than to thumb my nose in Epson's general direction. How much business do they think they would lose to B&W photographers who demand higher quality than they can deliver!

David Kachel



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