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[Digital BW] Re: News on Epson 2200 Gray Balancer SW

2002-08-05 by thedigitaldog

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@w...> 
wrote:
> I'm pretty sure that I've seen grey-tone inks available for Epson
> printers.  Wouldn't using these inks prevent at least some of the
> problems that you have been discussing in both this thread and the one
> that concerns metamerism?  

Yes but no such inks are made by Epson and only time will tell if such inks 
from 3rd parties will show up with the 2200 which uses 7 individual ink 
cartridges. 



>While I appreciate that one would want the
> capability of printing both color and B&W, if one's main reason for
> having the printer were for B&W use, why not use grey-tone inks and not
> be concerned with color shifts?

That would be the best solution for B&W only printing.

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