Digital BW, The Print

Hi Ed;

No, you're not missing anything, the 820 is essentially the same 
technology, it should give you good results. My second printer is a 
780, it was replaced by the 820, and my BO tests that I compared 
with Clayton's were similar at 1440 and smoother at 2880, though you 
do have to do a bit of density adjustment as you go up in dithering 
dpi. We've been wonderingwhat the new 960 will do, it's down to 2 
pickle-eater<G> drop size. I have to wonder though if you can run 
pigment ink through a nozzle that small. 

Steve K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Mathews" 
<ed@l...> wrote:
> Hi,
>      I've been reading with great interest Clayton Jones' articles 
on
> Black-Only printing and I think I would like to give that a good 
try
> before I invest in some sort of Quad Ink system.  I currently  use 
a 740
> which I get pretty decent color prints with, but the black only 
setting
> leaves a lot to be desired.  I guess it's because it's old 
tecnology
> with big droplets.
>      So I'm wondering:  For a modest $100.00 investment, if I was 
to
> purchase an 820, would I get the same results as I would with a 
1280?  I
> know the maximum print size is less, but in my case - I'm just 
trying to
> see if the B&W results will be satisfying so large prints are not 
an
> issue.  According to Epson's site, they even rate the 820 at 5760 
DPI as
> opposed to only 2880 for the 1280.  That may not mean anything in
> reality, but I see nothing in the specifications that indicate 
that the
> 820 should not do the same job as the 1280 for smaller prints.  
Even the
> number of nozzles is the same.  Am I missing something?
>  
> Thanks,
> Ed
> http://lightandsilver.com <http://lightandsilver.com/>  
> 
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