Digital BW, The Print

No price given but rumour says 2000 $.

Ernst

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chipcarterdc" <chipcarterdc@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:17 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Amsterdam, Epson 4000 printer
introduced


> 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
>
>
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