Digital BW, The Print

Clayton I suspect you allready know exactly who the people are who
will bring that about. They read your posts right on this group and
even respond directly. It's probably on the way, if not a done deal,
as we type. The OEMs will be, if they do it at all, followers not leaders.

Regards
Duane
 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello David,
> 
> You have touched on something that has flitted through my thoughts
> several times over the past few months.  Specifically, whether Epson
> (or C. or HP), assuming BW interest grows and they smell $, might
> produce a dedicated BW ink set for the K3 printers with an appropriate
> ABW-type driver for it.  Imagine an 8-ink set like this with an
> additional gray
> 
> MK - matte
> PK - glossy
> LK
> LLK
> LLLK
> LC 
> LM
> SEPIA TONER (or Glop?)
> 
> Or maybe warm/cool versions of the grays like UT-R2... or something.
> 
> Not to get bogged down in specifics, just am wondering if anyone
> thinks this might happen.  After all, there was an entire industry of
> BW darkroom products and services for many years.  Unless Scotty
> beamed them up all those BW folks are still out there with a steady
> stream of them crossing over.  Seems reasonable that this amount of
> interest might be enough for the makers to support dedicated inks and
> drivers for their existing printers.  How difficult would that be?  I
> don't know how Epson views the BW-oriented response to K3, but just
> from our viewpoint in this forum it has had a huge impact.  If they
> see it as significant, and with their desire to hobble the 3rd party
> ink market, they might go for it.  What do you think?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>