Digital BW, The Print

John:

You can get rather nice B&W images using QTR driver and the standard  
epson inks. Why not try that first, QTR is free to try.

The 1400 is mentioned favourably, but you may have to mess around with  
filling cartridges to run it B&W. (filling cartridges isn't that bad!)

Leslie Otterbein

On Sep 9, 2011, at 8:57 PM, John wrote:

> I hope this question is not too open-ended ...
>
> I've had an Epson 2200 for awhile for color printing. I would like  
> to get into
> B&W printing. Trying to read through the archives here, I am a bit  
> overwhelmed
> with the choices; UT7, UT2, Eboni-6, etc. Not to mention the variety  
> of driver:
> Epson's, QTR, OPM.
>
> So I'd like suggestions as to the best way for me to proceed towards  
> getting
> good quality B&W prints. I would like some balance of simplicity and  
> quality.
> I do not think I want to get into filling my own cartridges or  
> building my own
> profiles; and I do not have a densitometer. I see the Epson 1400  
> highly
> spoken of in some of the threads, and given its surprising low cost,  
> I would
> consider switching to it if the consensus is that it's worth it.
>
> Thanks !

Leslie Otterbein

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