Digital BW, The Print

Garry,

Some questions, are you looking to print B&W using a color ink set or 
are you planning to dedicate a printer to B&W only? You mention a 
sepia portrait so I am guessing you want to go with a colot printer 
since there are no quad or grayscale ink sets the will give you a 
sepia tone.

Is archival life important or is it okay that these are short lived?

Martin


--- 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