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Re: Black Only (was Three Articles)

2002-12-20 by danielstaver <daniel@petraflux.com>

> I'm not familiar with the 2100/2200 but my 1280 has a selection in 
the
> print menu for black, color or custom. When you select "black" it
> prints using the black ink only so you get the tone of just the 
black
> ink and nothing else. 
> Does a 2100 have this choice? If so, after selecting to just use the
> black ink, so you still have a magenta cast?

Yes.

If I use the matte black cartridge on EAM paper i get I brownish cast 
on the print using black only, but I can tell it's onsly using one 
cartridge by the coarse dots in this mode so I think that's just how 
this ink looks.

With photo black on Premium Semigloss I get a strong purple cast 
regardless of what I select in the driver, selecting 'Black' doesn't 
seem to have any effect at all as it still uses all available colors 
to create grays.

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