Digital BW, The Print

From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 2200 Printer


> Thanks Martin!
>
>  I ordered another 1280 yesterday. Someday, I hope epson will listen and
> give the photographers what they really want, but I sincerely doubt it.
>
Jerry,

In a sense they are. The wide format 7000, 9000 and 10000 series are
targeted at photographers. Successful commercial photographers who can
reasonably get a return on the cost of these printers and associated RIP's.

What they are neglecting entirely is the (I hate this term) "prosumer
market" , i.e. advanced amateurs, nor so commercial photographers. If they
were smart they would come out with a 17" wide printer in the $1,000 to
$2,000 price range (with software) and I bet it would sell like crazy.
Something that has the robust transport quality of the big printers but on a
smaller scale. The 5000 and 5500 were a bust because they only went up to
13" wide like all the large desktop models and cost almost as much as the
7000 and 7500. Essentially they need a replacement for the 3000.

Also I suspect we will be buying 2200's in a year for use with grayscale
inks once the chips have been reverse engineered and a CIS is available.

Martin