Digital BW, The Print

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From: <CDTobie@...>
To: <a_pettit_jr@...>; <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 2000P whats different ?


>
> In a message dated 8/20/02 5:05:37 AM, a_pettit_jr@... writes:
>
> > Out of all of Epson's printer line, why was the 2000P never useful
> > for BW printing? I still have one, going to give it one more BW try
> > and then, reluctantly purchase a 1280.
> >
>
> Because the inks it uses are highly, unpleasantly, variable in color tone
> under different light sources, and the driver fix that reduces that
> variability somewhat also reduces image quality in the process. If you
wish
> to use a 2000p for B&W you will need a special inkset of one kind or
another,
> at which point a printer like the 1280 would be faster and cheaper.

And have a smaller minimum droplet size.

Ernst