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From: claudej1@... [mailto:claudej1@...]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 7:12 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Logical Progression
Having owned just about every Epson printer since the original Stylus in
1994, I'm still amazed at how good these things are and how fast they got
here.
I think the UC printers have slowed things down in the color world a bit,
showing more of a refinement rather than a breakthough.
The world of monchrome printing continues to evolve rapidly thanks to the
pioneers on the board (you know who you are).
Still all this tweaking still rides on the shirt tails of Epson hardware
evolution...............so?
Since the incredible R800 color machine is the first one to use GLOP,
woudn't
it make sense to use it as a platform for doing monochrome glop? Since the
porportional laydown is in the driver already and MIS makes "refill
friendly"
type cartridges, it seems like a most logical progression to make that the
platform of choice for development as the ultimate monochrome printer for
BOTH
matte and glossy worlds of B&W.
The only guys that would get left behind in the process are the BO guys, but
there are other affordable platforms for that.
I have owned/still own almost all PRO printers from Epson including the
9500,
7500, 7600, 4000, etc. and the R800's color output and SEED makes all the
rest look bad in comparison for only $399. I'm confident they will announce
the
13" version at PMA this year since it has been sighted in Japan for a while
now, so it may be time to put those 1280's and 2200's on Ebay or just squirt
lots
prints until the heads die off, so you have an excuse to invest another $700
into the next generation.
Claude
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