Digital BW, The Print

I wrote Jon Cone three times in the Past three weeks about a few topics. In one message asking him when he would have bulk inks and software upgrades for the 7000 RIP available he answered me in a very uncommital and confusing manner. 

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Here is what I asked him...........

Many of us have invested in the BW24 RIP for the 7000 and it produces 
wonderful continuous tone prints. Lately, a number of other companies 
have released quad and hex tone products including one as a 
replacement for the Piezo inks at a substantially lower cost.

I for one, love the Piezo inkset. I have requested that Cone make the 
inks available in the 9000 carts so that we could have 220ml of ink 
vs. the 7000 110ml carts. Thereby offering economies of scale and of 
course less need to change carts as often. Jon you indicated that IJM has 
no plans to do this.

I recently tested Paul Roarks Variable Tone inkset with the Epson 
driver. The prints are dotless, and offer the option of tailoring the 
tone of the print. In testing, the inks do not shift color and any 
shifting stabilizes much sooner than the Piezo inks.

My point is the Piezo BW24 7000 system may begin to loose customers 
if Inkjet Mall does not begin to respond a bit more to our needs and 
desires. Please do not get me wrong, I love the Piezo BW24 system, I 
only want to ensure that it will be here in the long run after 
investing in the software.

If inks are not available in the larger carts or a bulk system, and 
other manufacturer's provide comprable products are substantially 
lower in cost, people will begin to change to the other prodcuts.

Jon, I think it may be time to release a new driver with the 
improvements we have requested and think about how the inkset is 
delivered.

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Here is Jon Cones answer............

"I hear you. I really do. What looks one way one day has a way of getting
completely turned around the next. We are a company about progress...  there
are things on the horizon which may possibly change your heart."

Can anyone figure out what he said?

Mike



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