Re: ImagePrint Question
Re: ImagePrint Question
- Subject: Re: ImagePrint Question
- From: Graeme Gill <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 02:05:13 +1100
- Organization: Color Technology Solutions Pty. Ltd.
Cris Daniels wrote:
Steve, here it is from the rctech.com website:
RCT and Epson Settle Patent Infringement Suit
You've actually proved the opposite. If Epson had licensed
their screening from RCT, then there wouldn't have been a lawsuit.
Just because Epson settled a patent lawsuit doesn't mean that Epson
used any of the RCT technology. They may well have developed their
screening technologies completely independently. That's the whole problem
with patents (unlike copyright), you're not protected by independent invention.
All too often it's less risky to pay off a company that claims you infringe their
patents, irrespective of the merits of their claims.
Besides this, I have it on authority from a few different developers.
Epson doesn’t even assemble many of their printers, for them to license
this code doesn’t surprise me a bit. It works well, why reinvent the
wheel.
I'd be a bit surprised if this was the case. Normally a company that was developing
new print head technology to go into one of their own products would be developing
screening technology in parallel.
Colorbyte doesn’t have Epson’s resources either but they manage to do it
better, especially with the 4000 and its triple-shot dot. In fact
Colorbyte has exactly one person responsible for the development of
these better screens, color engine, separate B+W pipeline, along with
all of their other technologies. I think it is fair to say he is
probably a talented person.
I think this is often the case. I was certainly the sole person responsible
for developing the screens, color engine, profiling engine etc. etc. that
is used for the Colorbus Cyclone (NT) product line.
Graeme Gill.
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