Digital BW, The Print

You've come to the right place for advice.  Maybe you'll get a little 
too much...

Quad black printing is the hot item these days.  Beautiful tonal range 
and practically dotless.  Many inks out there, Piezo, MIS, Generations.  
Printerwise it's not going to come cheap if you want 24" wide.  You're 
probably looking at the Epson 7000 at $3500 and up.  It is one 
sensational machine, I've never seen better looking inkjet prints, and 
they will withstand examination under a loupe. You should try to get a 
look at some actual quadblack output from it...

Best,
Phil
http://philbard.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., gazzzzperth@y... wrote:
> After stumbling around photography groups and finding a whole heap of 
> trash, it was refreshing to find a group ( this one) that shows an 
> impressive depth and knowledge in the inkjet field, making myself, a 
> photographer with 20 years experience in the traditional field, feel 
> like a babe in the woods . It is with hope that I tentitivley ask if 
> there is an inkjet out there that can handle a light commercial load 
> of printing that has sufficient fine detail (lack of dots, artifacts 
> etc) to make prints ranging from 8"x10" up to 24" wide with good 
> longevity and reasonable speed(no more than 20 minutes for a 20"x30") 
> The problem with the larger plotter style inkjets (24+" wide), is 
> that they look OK from 7 or 8 feet away, but if you had to print 
> 8x10's on the same printer and view at arms length, it breaks down. I 
> print 20" wide on a Hope RA processor and am wanting to find an 
> inkjet replacement soon. I am unwilling to take a step backward in 
> quality however, on the other hand, I don't see the benefit of the 
> 1440plus dot quality.I do only  B&W sepia Portrait . I have seen 
> results on textured paper with the smaller A-3 printers that made be 
> go  watery eyed, but I would go broke waiting for them to print out. 
> Who likes plastic paper, I  certainly don't. Can anyone help.
> 
> Regards Garry Sarre