Digital BW, The Print

That seems a bit harsh given the contents of the article he referred to.
Enough to say he's out of date and provide an update if possible?


> From: John <charleysfabrics@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:46:42 +0000 (GMT)
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Nanochrome BO printing?
> 
> Wrong again Ernst, you are out of date. Accurate speculation is obviously not
> your speciality.
>    
>   JE
> 
> Ernst Dinkla <E.Dinkla@...> wrote:
>   Steve Kale wrote:
> 
>> Again, subject to longevity tests, these inks perform very well on non Infu6
>> media.  The tests I've done in the most detail are on Hahnemuhle Photorag
>> 308.  I've not had the chance to test, to my knowledge, papers that have
>> used Infu6's infusion technology.  I say "to the best of my knowledge"
>> because I believe they have licensed their technology to a number of paper
>> manufacturers.  Infu6 is not in a position to disclose who these licensees
>> are but I'm willing to bet that these are firms which supply some big names
>> we are all familiar with.  It could well be that some of the newer papers in
>> the market are beginning to explore technologies brought by Infu6, as I'm
>> sure other companies are exploring ways to use the technology in different
>> ways to get around the patents - such is business.  The coordination of
>> media and ink is nothing new.  We all know that Epson is beginning to get
>> better at this.  I would consider the performance of Infu6 designed inks to
>> be no different.  They will in all likelihood perform better on substrates
>> embedded with their ink receptor.  They seem to perform ok on substrates
>> that don't as well.
> 
> We know at least one art paper that has the infusion,
> Bockingford Inkjet, see the old Harold Johnson report:
> 
> http://www.dpandi.com/newsreviews/reviews/bock/
> 
> 
> Ernst
> 
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>            Ernst Dinkla
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