Digital BW, The Print

Hey Paul,

I live over in Lompoc and dropped by to see you at the museum. I have 
a Canon 9100 that I only use for quick prints on copy paper. I have a 
Epson 2400 also. You would be welcome to give it a try.

Steve Wadlington

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sloopjohne2002" 
<sloopjohne@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
> <paul.roark@> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone had any experiences with the Canon printers?
> > 
> > As you know, I'm a big fan of competition.  So, if there is an 
alternate
> > printer for third party inks -- B&W quads in particular -- it 
would
> seem to
> > be a real boon to those of us on this list.
> > 
> > MIS has told me they are getting strong demand for quadtone inks 
for
> > the Canon S800, S900, S9000 printers.  They are just finishing a
> > Continuous Flow set up for them.   I
> > 
> > MIS thinks Canon has done a good job in trying  to come up to the 
Epson
> > standard.  If Epson is a 10 on the zero to 10 scale, then the new 
Canon
> > printers are a 9 + in MIS's opinion.
> > 
> > Some attractive characteristics of the Canon machines include that
> refilling
> > is easy, with no foam problems like the Epson's, and there are
> > no chips to deal with.  Moreover, each color has it's own 
cartridge and
> > they are see through.
> > 
> > Any opinions or interest in these machines?  I'm thinking a "no 
curves,"
> > modified FS-Neutral inkset might be a way to get the ball rolling 
in
> giving
> > Epson a little competition in our area of interest.
> > 
> > Any opinions or interest in these machines or quad inksets for 
them?
> > 
> > Paul
> > http://www.PaulRoark.com
> >
> 
> Yes, I've owned and used a Canon S9000 for all my up-to-13x19 color
> printing since it came out a few years ago, and have been very, very
> happy with it.
> 
> If MIS were to support the S9000 (or any other Canon printer) for 
B&W
> printing, I'd happily dump my B&W-dedicated Epson 1280 and switch to
> Canon for all my B&W printing.
> 
> John M. Esparolini
> ESPimages Photography
>