Digital BW, The Print

At 09:27 AM 2/12/2003 +0000, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
wrote:
>Are you asking when simple reliable BW printing will be available or
>when it will be available using color inks on the 2200?
>
>If you insist on using the the 2200 and color inks you will, it seems,
>not be happy with the results.  If you use quadtone inks ( I only have
>experience with MIS or Piezotones) you will get the quality you are
>looking for.


I don't care if I use the 2200.  I'm happy to use any wide format
(13"x19" or bigger) printer.  The requirement is that the process
does not void the printer's warranty and that I have some reason
to be confident that *I* can get good results.

As I said in my original post, I have no doubt that SOME people
can get quads to work well.   But the impression I get from
reading this forum and others is that it's hit and miss, and that
it depends on your tolerance for tweaking and playing under
the hood.   I've read tons of posts from people who tried it
really hard and never got good results.   I quoted one poster
who said he tried quads for a YEAR and didn't get as good a
result as his first print out of the box with his 2200.

I can teach anyone to make decent black and white prints
in the darkroom in a day.  Not necessarily Ansel Adams,
but black blacks, white whites, continuous tones (assuming
they exist in the negative, properly developed, fixed, etc.
It's a simple, predictable, straightforward process.  If you
can follow simple directions it's easy.  I'm looking for a
digital printing process that's similarly straightforward and
reliable.

Some people here tell me we already have it; others say it will
never exist, so there seems to be some divergence on that
point!