Digital BW, The Print

Hello pfrym,

>...read an article today by Clayton Jones that makes me have 
>hope that I may be able to get a good print.  

>I am using Photoshop and have tried printing to the Epson 
> 750 using color and black only on Epson consumer-grade photo paper, 
> but get basically the same degree of "dot patterning".  

>...but the article my Mr. Jones indicated that the problem 
>is not as pronounced as I seem to be experiencing 

Without seeing your prints it's hard to know what kind of dots you're
getting.  It may be that the 750 is an older model which prints larger
dots (anybody know?).  My only experience has been with an 870 which
is a 6-ink model that prints 4 picoliter dots at 1440 dpi, so
everything I said about BO printing is based on that.  I mentioned in
the article that older printers may not do as well.  So I would check
out the 750 specs for that.


> Ideally, I would like a solution that would use an inkset that
>would not require a dedicated printer (that is, not a greys-only
>inkset) and would not require buying another printer or expensive 
>printer drivers.  

Both of these can be achieved with BO printing.


>However, this may not be possible.  I can live with 
> imperfection to some degree (as subjective as that is).

Before jumping to any conclusions I think the first thing would be to
determine if the 750 prints 4 picoliter dots at 1440 dpi.  If it does,
then perhaps even those dots are too much for your taste.  You can
also get a sample high quality BO print to see what BO is capable of
and compare it to yours.  If the 750 does print the small dots but
still doesn't look good, it's possible that the driver is to blame. 
If the 750 isn't capable of good BO work then you can decide what to
do next.  At least you'll know what's possible and can decide if it's
worth it to buy a new printer to get what you want.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm