RE: Why don't Epson produce their own archival inks?

[MileHiJudy@aol.com]

This answer also holds true with the other printers that use the Epson 3000 
as their printhead for large format printers  :-)

    Have a colorful day

    Judy
    Mile High Engineering Supply, your inkjet specialists
    1-800-666-6602
       Accuplot.com


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:46:28 +0000
From: allen takichi maertz <allentakichi@earthlink.net>
Subject: Why don't Epson produce their own archival inks?

The word I have is that they "do" as the actual ink is manufactured by one of
the very few companies that really make ink from scratch.  The Roland
Pigmented Inkset is an epson product, licensed from epson to Roland (epson
3000 heads) with an exclusive agreement for Roland on use.  I.e. Epson
contracts not to use that pigmented inkset in their machines.

Side buzz is that epson america could separetly source/develope an alternative
pigmented inkset but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.  

My conclusion is that Roland is staying with the pigmented strategy and epson
is sticking to the dye based strategy.  

Takichi

-
Please do not include an entire message in your response. Delete the excess.
http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.