Re: Gray's (Ink Cart) Anatomy

["Richard N. Moyer" <dickmoyer@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>>Try to estimate the "yield", or the percent of the ink that actually 
>gets used on worthwhile printing - - after all the purging, testing, 
>machinations, etc, Might even throw in the yield loss due to 
>profiling tune ups, rejects, etc. Then, devide this number - as a 
>fraction - into the "as delivered" cost of the ink. And the number 
>is      ?   And your conclusion is      ?


What we need is softproofing software - done by Adobe, and 
sophisticated ICC profiles - done by the paper companies (so we will 
use their papers) so we can get back to business producing artwork, 
or useful prints. Time is money. Ink loss is money loss.

Gotta also remember that - today I can go out and get, in one week 
lapse time, outstanding custom (meaning burning and dodging, 
cropping, etc) 8 X 12 prints, conventional chemical enlargements, 
done by a skilled professional, for just $4. $4! They are beautiful, 
full range of blues and purples, greens, yellows, jet black glossy 
blacks, no grain, no skin tone speculations, full gamut of colors, 
etc. This really is the competition for 35mm photography. Large 
format, different story. But you get the picture.

It took 10 years before you could purchase serious hi-fidelity audio 
equipment, as a turnkey set. Before that you had to 
"build-it-yourself", this enclosure, that woofer, this tweeter, that 
transistor. Sort of where color printing is today. But its getting 
better . . . .

>
>Then I get to wait half a day, before my
>printer is ready to roll again.
>
>And then, when it is, I get to waste another
>page's worth of ink on a profile-test-pattern
>(one for each paper-type!) because this batch
>is using a slightly less-diluted ink than the
>last one...
>
>I'd really love to see a show of hands to see
>how many folks have been succesful with refilling.
>I clearly have a few things to learn, yet.  The
>"ultra-fill" concept seems clever, but has its
>own share of problems.
>
>Of course, the alternatives are not too
>appealing, either... if Epson ink is $8K
>a gallon, I shudder at the equivalent costs
>of, say, Generations or Lysonic inksets.
>
>
>rafe b.
>
>
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