Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mm_rabin" <mm_rabin@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 1:05 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Amsterdam, Epson 4000 printer
introduced


> according to the 9/18 luminous landscape post, the 4000 should
be
> available before the end of the year.  which means, if it's
anything
> like the circumstances under which the 2200 finally shipped,
I'll
> order my printer in December, epson will spend January thru May
> giving the b.s. party-line about dockworker strikes here in
L.A.
> delaying shipments, the printer will appear on ebay for double
its
> list price in June and July, I'll finally get my printer in
> August '04, and, then, there'll be a run on at least one of the
ink
> colors September thru November '04.
>
> I left out the part about it taking extra time, money, and
3rd-party
> software to correct any B/W printing problems.

Don't shoot the messenger :-)

And I think there's good B&W printing aboard. At least for matte.
Carts probably 7600/9600 alike but possibly with another chip.
A year is unlikely but 6 months wouldn't surprise me.

Ernst