I'm not in the market for a new LF printer. I've had the Z3100 for about 16 months and I'm very happy with it. Its doing everything I need it to do.
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There's nothing to say that any upgrades wouldn't be possible as options on the existing user base.
That was at least the intention of the Z platform when launched. No idea if marketing will make good on this or not. When the Z came out it was a milestone printer. The other printers were already very good being the 7800+9800, and the released Canon 5000. Since the announcements have been as expected smaller and smaller incremental quality increases. Epson of course announced a spectro in the printer and even though they said they don't need additional primaries, they indeed are doing just that. Rather good news, as with both the additional inks and a spectro will certainly put Epson right back up in the top class for IQ and features. Canon fixed their inkset not so long after release. Epson upgraded to a better inkset. Both Epson and Canon do force you to replace your printers to take advantage of these benefits. Will HP be the odd one?
They are not the type of company to be left out of the incremental IQ, yet they have surprised us before in different ways of thinking (R&D guys just to avoid QA and tech support rages).
I will be going to Photokina. I'm open to any surprises!