funny story about epson reps
2003-02-24 by fnkea <fnkea@yahoo.com>
A few members might get a kick out of this one... So last Thursday morning, two Epson reps ended up in my lab, having gotten lost in the building looking for someone else. Their eyes lit up when they saw my 2 1270s and 2 1280s and the rack of EEM and HWM and we got to talking. We do mostly reproduction work of old photos so, sensing a unique opportunity to have a little fun, I showed them some of the b/w prints we were working on. They were quite impressed, and eagerly asked to see more. The talkative one gushed, "Wow, those blacks are great, and they're so neutral!!! How'd you get such a good look?" Suppressing an overwhelming urge to do the kiddie nah-nah dance, I calmly replied, "Oh, we use MIS quad inks." If only I had a picture of the looks on their faces. Wanting to prolong the moment, I then showed them the b/w prints we had gotten from the Epson dyes, and described at great length how much I loved the look of the third party quad inks. Needless to say, they quickly remembered their previous appointment and disappeared in record time. --- Kim Armstrong