There is a difference between looking good and looking correct. I would expect anyone trying to sell a system like that to have good looking prints on display. What is not known is how they looked on the computer screen compared to how they printed out, or whether he used a monitor calibration and profile system like ColorVision to get the output correct. The ICC profiles would be important to get proper color and that would change with using a different ink, although the company does claim their inks are very close to the Epson inks. They would also be important if using Photoshop versions that support color management. The problem would be similar to printing a Fuji neg on a Kodak film channel. The print would probably look acceptable, but compared to a print made on the correct channel it would no be as good. One other question that begs to be asked is what happens if this company folds, or quits making the inks. Are you forced to go back to regular Epson cartridges?
I am not necessarily knocking this company, but where a similar product is being made by a long established company (Luminous) with archival inks, ICC profiles available, at about $100 less then this system, I would think twice about using them over Luminous. BUTCH "Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself" Hermann Hesse (Demian) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
