Looking at the B&W prints today, in the words of Big Kev (apologies to non-aussies who don't know Big Kev - imagine a big over-caffienated guy in bright clothes doing infomercials for bathroom cleaning products and you'll be close) : 'I'm excited!'.

No doubt people will argue back and forth in the coming months about wet prints vs inkjet. Whatever - the 4800's Ultrachrome K3 B&W prints look to be extremely saleable. B&W darkrooms just got that much harder to justify.

My gut feeling is this is going to be great - for anyone printing their artwork or images, for people buying prints.

New opportunities I think. Given the output I'm now interested in trying out a wide range of materials and finishes - something I've been wanting to do for a long while now but haven't really had the confidence that it was ultimately worth the expense output-wise.