Wide carriage 950 ??? was Re: 5500 Price Drops?

["Robert Michael" <opopanax@xs4all.nl>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>This thread started as a discussion on the future of an expensive model
which gets in-house competition from a newer, more capable and relatively
cheaper successor. This question now pops up at another level. The 2100/2200
is cheaper and probably better than the 2000, so it will take at least that
market. In the wide carriage line the next cheaper model is the 1270/80/90.
In the smaller range the 950 is hte top. Epson's pricing policy makes the A3
printers rather more expensive than the A4's: if you compare with Canon, the
price differential between S900 and S9000 is far smaller than between the
Epsons 890 and 1290. Am I then correct in thinking there will NOt be a wide
carriage version of the 950?


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[snip]> But Dan, this is based on that fact that the 2200 uses Epson's black
and "lite"
> black ink. Now I supose other ink manufactures can come out with a "lite"
> black, but it might not be worth their investment. The 2200 is not going
to be
> a high volume printer as compared to Epson's other products due to the
$699
> price tag. It's not going to be for the masses like the 820 or 785.
Therefore,
> if one is an ink manufacturer, you really have to think about your target
> market. I don't know about you, but the more a printer costs, the less
likely I
> am to to use unapproved material in it. Particularly if we're talking
about
> pigment inks. Presumably, a 2200 is attractive for all that it brings to
table.
> Ink stability, b$w prints, wide color gamut. The ink chemistry is critical
in
> all of these benefits. Is another 3rd party ink supplier likely to be able
to
> compete with Epson's UltraChrome ink in the 2200? Even if a superior ink
> exists, is it engineered for the 2200's delivery system?
>
> My only point in all of this is that now more than ever, printers, inks,
and
> paper are systems. It just doesn't make sense to me to buy a 2200 and use
3rd
> party ink when access to the UC inks is one of if not the main reason to
even
> consider a 2200.


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