Digital BW, The Print

Actually, there are 2 choirs on this subject. I sing in the one that says
cut Epson some slack.

From the get-go, they were the only printer company designing products
specifically for photographers. With the possible exception of individual
ink tanks, they've continued to lead by a mile when it comes to improving
the hardware for photographers (even though there are a lot more non-photo
business users they could be going after). They've done much of the hard
(and expensive) work required to bring ALL digital photo printing to where
it is today, yet we expect them to give it away for nothing.

My holy grail, and at least the initial promise of the new printer line, is
Epson simplicity, reliability and quality brought to black and white. I
personally look at a little more wasted ink as a small price to pay for
that. You, on the other hand, may prefer to save some money on ink with a
3rd party system, but invest more of your time dealing with its inherent
quirks, steeper learning curves and more complex workflow. Some people will
pay more to save time. Some will spend more time to save money. There's a
market for both, and it doesn't make Epson the Corporate Antichrist for
choosing the former over the latter.

Doug


> From: "Lloyd O'Daniel" <lodaniel@...>
> Subject: RE: Epson 2200 (Was: You want deep black?)
> 
> Keith,
> 
> You're preaching to the choir. :-)
> 
> Lloyd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Editor P.O.V. Image Service [mailto:editor@...]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:46 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2200 (Was: You want deep black?)
> 
> 
> Lloyd O'Daniel wrote:
> 
>> Right. At least that's the "official" reason. My cynical evil twin
>> realizes that individual chipped carts also makes it much harder (more
>> expensive) to manufacture CIS units and 3rd party carts.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> How about the fact that every time you swap the matte or glossy black
> cartridge out EVERY cartridge in the machine goes through a purge
> cycle...  They say it was IMPOSSIBLE to design a printer so it purged
> only the black ... YEAH... I believe that, and the orange shift has
> NOTHING to do with FLAWED cyan dyes, it was all in the paper...
> PUHLEAZE!
> 
> Not like EPSON wants people wasting ink or anything... LOL
> 
> Keith