Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
>
> 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
> 
> 


Years ago they were using 4 of the heads from the 7/9000 machines. 
I'm pretty sure that Mimaki is using the 8 channel Epson head 
currently, since they don't have a 12 cahnnel machine. This might be 
different for the solvent, but the eco solvent should work with the 
Epson heads.