Digital BW, The Print

A lot has been written on the Canon shift/addition. One of the
things that has not been mentioned is that Canon is top in the
digital camera world too. That will affect the sale of Canon
printers especially with some of the fast direct camera>print
solutions that are already marketed by Canon. Epson has similar
solutions but no digital camera reputation that can be compared
to Canon's.

The Epson third party ink/cart market has a lot of competition
meanwhile, the much smaller B&W market for Epson is full of
competition.
Cone, MIS, Lyson not to mention the software manufacturers.

Cone has the new profiling software, that is the real key in his
concept till someone figures out that something like that already
exists (maybe the "Rich Grey" profile ?) or is not that difficult
to make.

There are some Canon printer specs that are better, practice will
show whether there are also flaws in using Canon printers in B&W
printing.

In general Canon adapts its marketing concept faster to the
changed circumstances. Less obsessed with ink selling than HP.
Epson etc, they introduced the first printers with an ink cart
per colour. However the price of an extra head quoted at 150 $
makes me wonder if an extra printer isn't the better choice. An
Epson 9000 head is cheaper but takes a lot more time to replace
:-)

Ernst