Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the scoop!  Any word in the article on (1) price or (2) 
release date/availability?  I'm assuming it will have to be less than 
the 7600 ($3000), but that leaves a big price range between the 7600 
and the 2200 ($700).


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ernst Dinkla" 
<E.Dinkla@c...> wrote:
> A good friend did send me a scan from a magazine article in Dutch
> on the introduction of the Epson 4000. Short translation:
> 
> As expected an 8 ink printer size up to A2. What some will see as
> a replacement for the 3000 but in the article it is called a
> replacement for the 5000. Could be both of course. Software
> change between matte black and gloss black. Borderless printing
> up to 48 cm / 19", roll and sheet.
> Maximum speed with 8 colour mode 1 minute for A2, in CMYKCMYK
> mode 0,6 minutes. Up to 1.5 mm thickness of substrates.
> Monochrome prints variable in neutral, warm, cold, sepia. Maximum
> cartridge size 220 ml. Ink use is software controlled like in the
> 7600 etc. Waste container like the 7600.
> 
> 3 versions of the printer: Stylus PRO 4000-C8 is the 8 colour
> version for photographers, artists, design studios. Stylus PRO
> 4000-4C is the 2x CMYK version for 3D-CAD, industrial design, GIS
> and POP display. The Stylus PRO 4000-PS is the PostScript version
> for proofprinting.
> 3,5 picolitre minimum droplet size. Some talk about
> meniscus-control that I interprete as surface tension control to
> keep blleding low and the dotshape correct. Maximum resolution of
> 2880 dpi. Ultrachrome ink. 70 to 75 years fade resistance a la
> Wilhelm.
> 
> There's a picture on the page, in short a modern version (7600
> style) of the 5000 but of course wider and with 4 carts at each
> side. So no twin bag carts.
> 
> Ernst, in cooperation with Bernard