Digital BW, The Print

Gregory,

Thank you for your offer to the list members. It is getting kind of hard for
people to say it is too expensive with that kind of deal.

Since I have your attention I am going to hit you with a couple of questions
if I may.

Is the Selenium PiezoTone ink set still on schedule for a July release?

Are we likely to see a paper profile in the Piezo driver for Eclipse Satin
soon? You would seem to be in a good position to know as both a Piezo and
Eclipse distributor. This paper seems to be gaining an ever growing
following and a Piezo profile would be most helpful.

How long a lag do you think there will be between the 2200 series printers
hitting the market and an aftermarket CIS becoming available, realizing that
this will depend upon the engineering time for the cartridge chip and not
just the plastic moldings for the bodies?

Sorry for the barrage but we don't often get someone posting who might be in
a position to have some real answers to these types of questions.

Thanks,
Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



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From: "gschern" <gschern@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 5:38 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] [OT] Thank You!


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> Just use the coupon code "digitalbw" when checking out. Keep up the
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> Is the Selenium PiezoTone ink set still on schedule for a July 
release?

While I'm probably not the most qualified source - my conversations 
lead me to believe that they should be ready. It's not an easy task 
to introduce a new product - we're in the process of preparing for 
and announcing a couple of new CIS products - it's a time consuming 
affair. I believe from our experiences that the July release will 
hold, but look for solid availability in August.
 
> Are we likely to see a paper profile in the Piezo driver for 
Eclipse Satin
> soon? You would seem to be in a good position to know as both a 
Piezo and
> Eclipse distributor. This paper seems to be gaining an ever growing
> following and a Piezo profile would be most helpful.

Good Question! You would think I could be in a position to make 
something happen, but I've emailed Jon Cone a couple of times 
offering to provide the paper and any other resources necessary, but 
have gotten little response. Perhaps an outpouring from more people 
will do the trick!

> How long a lag do you think there will be between the 2200 series 
printers
> hitting the market and an aftermarket CIS becoming available, 
realizing that
> this will depend upon the engineering time for the cartridge chip 
and not
> just the plastic moldings for the bodies?

It is going to take a while (6 months to 1 year), because the chips 
are a LOT more complex than the last ones. I know of at least 2 
people already hard at work on them, but it doesn't sound like they 
are making much progress as of yet. The real solution would be to 
find a way to just bypass them altogether. Epson is trying really 
hard to prevent the use of 3rd party products! The idea of 7 carts is 
as much a tool to prevent an affordable aftermarket solution as it is 
a "convenience" to the customer. 

"Clear as Mud"

Gregory Schern
Inkjet Goodies - Photographic and Fine Art Inkjet Supplies
www.inkjetgoodies.com
www.photoinkjet.com
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