Digital BW, The Print

I didn't know that - it really is a great printer but the pig colour inks
only have a 5yr rating - if every anything cries out for after market
colourinks this is it!

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:15 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] HP Large Format and grayscale was Sundance Inks and
the R9 Plug-In


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Sundance Inks and the R9 Plug-In
>
>
> (snip)
>
> > On another topic - we tend to get inundated with Epson technology here,
> but
> > I'm surprised no one is working on stuff for the HP large format
printers.
> A
> > 12 ink printer allows quads and colour from the same head without ink
> > switching - just imagine your fave quads/colour pigs and a rip to
control
> it
> > (yeah yeah ImagePrint for sure)
> >
> Julian,
>
> Certainly this must be possible from a technological aspect but I suspect
> that economic reasons simply keep it from happening. The market for
> grayscale inks is currently probably under 10,000 users and maybe as
little
> as 3,000. Not exactly a mother load of money.
>
> While we all detest Epson's practice of chipping their cartridges I have
> heard that HP aggressively sues the aftermarket ink and cartridge
> manufacturers. Even if the small companies could ultimately win, which
from
> my understanding of US law they should, how do they manage the legal
costs?
> So this maybe a damper on anything happening in that direction.
>
> Martin
>
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