Digital BW, The Print

[This post from Royce Bair, on the Epson9000 list. Epson just 
demoed the new printers for dealers. Sounds like the B/W 
imagery is pretty promising. Royce has a good FAQ page on his 
site; it's listed at the bottom. He's a dealer, but he's also known 
to be very fair and objective. I know most of you print on 13x19, 
but I'd assume that the bulk of this would apply to that new 2100, 
or 2200, or whatever it's called. -MT]

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I just returned from Epson dealer training on the 7600/9600 
printers. One of the interesting items we saw there were a 
couple of B/W prints on Epson's new Somerset Velvet 505gsm 
fine art paper. Talk about neutral. They were gorgeous! Both 
were printed with the UltraChrome pigmented inkset, using all 7 
inks.

We also saw a video click interview with Mac Holbert, master 
printer for Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach. Holbert said that 
his 9600 gave him "beautiful black and white right out of the box." 
He felt the 9600 prints were "good enough to sell as B/W", and 
that he had yet to meet a customer that was unhappy with the 
B/W output of the 9600. (Keep in mind that the 7600's output is 
identical to the 9600 -- just 24" wide, and $2000 less.)

Royce Bair
Inkjetart - A division of The Stock Solution
Visit our 7600/9600 info page:
http://www.inkjetart.com/pro/7600_9600/