Digital BW, The Print

Does anyone know if the new Rolands and Mimaki's are still using the
Seiko/Epson heads in them? I know they both did a couple of years ago.
The Mimaki had two sets of the Epson 10K heads for 12 channels
available and I assume this is what Roland is now doing with their
model driven by Ergosofts DaVinci.

Epson licenced the heads to them. Epson must have made a conscious
decision not to go for the bigger heavier machines but make money on
the R&D by letting the other outfits use the patented heads. But, I
can't image Roland continue paying them for it forever and not making
their own heads, but who knows.

john



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Doyle"
<jdoyle1713@c...> wrote:
>
> its anwesome machine..and it can print on anything..It's Bigger
faster and
> The Blacks are Blacker Than an epson..But The price tag is Huge..
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Jim Doyle
> 
> 
> J. Doyle Enterprises LLC
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>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> scott_now_coming
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:35 PM
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Digital Black & White printer test site.
> 
> 
>   Epsons can print on many different papers. How about the D'vinci?
> 
>   Are you using Roland's inks? Which ones?
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
>   Scott
> 
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Warren Macris
>   <warren@h...> wrote:
>   >
>   > We have a Roland D'vinci 64" printer which runs currently with 5
>   blacks
>   > and a full Hexachrome set (12 different inks in total). We print
>   mainly
>   > for very fussy photographers and artists. Our alternate printer is
>   > currently a 9600 running via Imageprint 6. There is a noticeable
>   > difference in output quality for both B&W and color images between
>   the
>   > two. The flexibility of the D'Vinci setup (based on StudioPrint
>   11/12
>   > RIP) allows you to use basically any ink in any position with your
>   > printer, with up to six different dilutions of black at once. You
>   can
>   > print with black inks only, or use some or all of the color inks.
>   You
>   > could theoretically have 12 different black inks loaded,  provided
>   that
>   > no more than six where used at a time. For less demanding output we
>   > have setups using just four inks - CMY and one black, or CMYOG and
>   one
>   > black.  The downside is that it is a much bigger outlay than an
>   Epson
>   > 9800 and does require specific profiling and linearization for each
>   > setup, but it is better made, more reliable, cheaper to run and
>   offers
>   > superior output in return.
>   >
>   >
>   > Warren Macris
>   >
> 
> 
> 
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