Digital BW, The Print

I am not sure what you are fussing about, aren't the 2200 series 
supposed to print great B&W just with the regular driver? I think epson 
assumes that that is fine for the majority of users (considering it is 
so much better than what was available as a stock solution before).

-mh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Nelson <
peter@s...>" <peter@s...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
> <bobfrost@b...> wrote:
> > Peter,
> > 
> > Surely the answer is simply that the vast majority of people who 
> print with
> > Epson printers do not print in B&W and do not want to. B&W printing 
> is a
> > specialised market.
> 
> If it were that specialized why did Epson bother to include
> a black and whiter sample with the printer?  Why do they
> advertise the printer's black and white printing ability 
> in their sales and marketing literature?   Why do they have
> a special Grayscale program and test reference?
> 
> The point is that if they are going to do it all, and they
> know HOW to do it right, why not just do it right?   Their driver
> has a black only, and a color setting.   They could have had
> a "black and white" setting that uses the same algorithm that 
> their RIP uses.    And don't forget, Epson released a special driver
> last year for the 2000 that attempts to correct for metamerism.
> 
> Or they could sell a special "black and white" printing option
> if they wanted to milk it for money.   But it's bizarre to 
> only have that feature in a RIP since a RIP, as was pointed out,
> is a very specialized piece of software few people need.