Re: Return of the Luddite

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Amen!!

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> From: BobMcClelland <rdm@webart.u-net.com>
> To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject: Return of the Luddite
> Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 2:50 PM
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I have come to a decision. Like MIke (I think it was Mike) I am only
going to use Epson inks in
> future!
> 
> I have contemplated all the ins and outs of profiling, colour spaces, all
that stuff and listened to
> various experts arguing about the best ways to do this and that. I've
also listened to folk
> disagreeing about Win98 and SE etc etc etc. I have also lost patience in
waiting for a definitive
> comment on the actual light stability of Lyson inks (is it 20 years, 30
years, or indeed, as someone
> said yesterday, less than Epson?).
> The truth is, all these things have been released too soon. Lyson is
clearly not ready for marketing
> and clearly unable to provide a 'certificate of longevity (as promised)
and frankly, I've had enough
> of it! My supplier has agreed to take back my ink and refund my money!
> 
> Monochrome work will be done on silver/gelatine and colour will be
Cibachrome (Ilfochrome to you
> younger ones!). I will make nice prints using Epson inks on my 750 but
none will be for sale - they
> will only be for looking at!  Maybe, sometime in the future, when things
have settled down, I will
> return to 'archival' printing but for now - forget it!
> 
> rafe says he is moving from PS4.0 to 5.02 - I will use 5.02 still, but I
may print from PS4.0!
> 
> (roll on the successor to the 870!)
> 
> regards,
> Bob
> Cornwall (U.K.)
> 
> www.webart.u-net.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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