Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 2/12/2004 8:38:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
editor@... writes:

> sdmey4@... wrote:
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> >Inkjetmall handles the piezography products and I'm sure does much better 
> >than Cone editions these days. 
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> Hey.. Ready for your Homer Simpson moment?
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> Go READ the first link I posted!
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> http://www.inkjetmall.com/store/our-mission.html
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> Here, since you are obviously to busy or unable to find the first 
> paragraph, I will quote the relevant text.
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> "inkjetmall.com is an online resource for digital printmakers. We are an 
> extension of Cone Editions Press. "
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> Yea, yea, yea, I read it! meaningless since we don't know any particulars. 
> Most likely  Inkjetmall was assoiociated with cone editions for name 
> recognition. 

Sorry I' don't know what A Homer simpson moment is? I don't watch the 
simpsons. But I can guess...

> Cone Editions owns InkJetMall!  As goes Cone Editions, so goes InkJetMall.
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Maybe? maybe not? Who knows at this point.
I just think its odd that you seem to have the need to police the internet 
for news like this. Obviously you where looking for dirt and found it. None of 
the rest of us are likely to stumble on this unless we are looking for it. 
There are hardly any Piezotone people on this list at all! Are you a print maker? 
Photographer? black and white guy, or Tabloid Journalist? I would be more 
concerned about Cone editions trying to buy product from me as a vendor. My take 
is they have more debt than they can handle and the only way to fix it is to 
make sales or borrow! ! Selling product they don't have or can't deliver is 
Illegal isn't it? like fraud? I don't think Mr. cone would risk Jail for the price 
of some ink carts. All of us that make prints for sale probably have a 
business licence correct?
Will we all see the news here first of individual financial woes? Thanks to 
Kieth Krebs?  Jon has never been a a big list fan, what was he supposed to do 
announce to all the various list the details of a chaper 11 proceeding? He 
certainly doesn't hang around this list. Cone editions IS NOT a public company, 
and under no obligations for announcements.
And Yes YOU guessed It, I do use Piezotone inks. I'm not worried though, 
because I use Studio Print RIP  and the EyeONE  Photo spectrometer so I can use 
any ink I like even 6 different brands and make it all work in half an hour, no 
matter what Ink I put in there. I pick my BW inks for the tint I like, not who 
sells them. I used MIS before these.

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Kieth writes: 
If Cone had wanted to be upfront about this, it could have been made 
clear as most public companies do, by an announcement or press release 
that this was a possibility BEFOREHAND.  It bothers me that any vendor 
has so little respect for their customers and vendors that they would 
not publicize this beforehand.  When airlines or Polaroid have headed to 
Chapter 11 they announce it beforehand..  Cone hasn't even announced it 
YET, after the fact.  As much as Jon may have been a pioneer in this 
area, as much as I am sad to see this happen, I also wouldn't personally 
trust a business run by someone who lied to me and who is not being 
fully open and upfront about this.

Two+ years ago, Jon was brave enough to post here and call me a liar 
when I reported what many knew, that he was looking for a buyer for 
IJM.  If he wants to contradict me and call me a liar now, he knows 
where to find me.. Looks like the big ol' universal Kharma up and bit 
him on the butt.


Keith Krebs

Again not a public company, and they are all off to PMA trying to make things 
happen, sooooooooooo....That would be brilliant. Lets tell everyone where 
filing Chapter 11 and then spend thousands and pack up and head out to Las Vegas 
PMA for a week and sell some stuff.   
 I probably would have called you a liar too , if your reported to an 
internet list what we discussed on the phone or what you heard snooping around. 
Nobody like a blabber mouth!
Obviously you think he is out, and I don't. He is going to do everything he 
can to save that 4000 sq. foot studio that he built up from nothing. You would 
too.
Lets just see if I can by Piezotone inks next Valentines day 2005. I think it 
will be no problem.
Steve M.


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