Digital BW, The Print

Hello Daniel,

Thanks for your report, glad you found some success with it.  Couple
of questions:

> I followed your recipe for using black only on my 2100

I'm not familiar with the 2100, can you tell me something about it?


>After fiddling around for a while I got the bright idea of
>switching off all adjustments in the gray balancer and 
>suddenly the prints looked perfect!

What is the gray balancer?  I can't find anything called by this
name...


>Also, the 2880dpi setting definitely makes a difference 
>in this printing mode - even at some viewing distance I 
>can still tell the 2880 print by the smoother textures 
>and more accurate details.

I'd love to try 2880dpi but I'll have to be satisfied with my 870 for
now. My fantasy is to leapfrog the 1280 and go to the 2200, but I'm
unsure about the inks, I've gotten used to the good VM black.  I'm
following the MIS/2200 ink story with real interest.  I think I'll
just stick with the 870 until all this gets sorted out.
 

>Whether or not I like the dots remains to be seen, 

I don't really like seeing the dots, but I sure do like the overall
look and feel of the prints.  I'm willing to put up with them in
exchange for all the benefits.

>it sure was nice to finally see a perfectly 
>neutral print from my printer. Thanks!

"finally"?  Does that mean you were having trouble before?  I'd like
to hear more about what you've been using...  Also, do you see a
difference in the luminance compared to your other method?  That's one
of my favorite things about it.

Regards, - cj