Digital BW, The Print

> The image was captured as a
> large JPEG (~2.5 Mb file) and the print was made using PS7 with only a
> bit of adjustment to Levels, then desaturating and printing the
> resulting file on Ilford Smooth Gloss paper in a Canon S9000 printer
> using the regular Canon inks.  The detail is exquisite, and the tone is
> frankly better (to my eyes and for my purposes) than anything I've done
> with Piezo or with Lyson Small Gamut inks on my Epson 860, and with no
> muss or fuss - just send it to print.  The Canon is also 4-5 times
> faster than the old Epson, and has separate cartridges for each of the 6
> inks - I've replaced the Photo-Cyan and Photo-Magenta cartridges already
> (been doing a lot of "testing") but the other 4 are still fine.

Interesting you should mention that. A friend of mine (with a lot more
digital printing experience than I have) has spent a fair bit of time
comparing the 1280 and Canon 9000. His results are similar to yours. He
prefers the Canon. I've seen his prints and they look great, every bit as
good as anything I've seen coming out of the Epson. I guess we'll just have
to wait and see how the 2200 fares compared to the Canon.