Digital BW, The Print

Doug,

part of the problem with the 7600 is that it is limited to the chipped carts with 
OEM inks. Users of the 7/9000 series are able to put in inks of their choice. 
The other limitation is that unlike the 2200, IJC/OPM doesn't support it and 
therefore it is difficult to have complete (single-channel) control for bw prints. 

Within these limitations, I would bet that ImagePrint offers good bw printing - 
and there are possibly other RIPs that can be used to do bw. But when it 
comes to high-end RIPs for large format printers, the discussions are usually 
about their colour capabilities and hence on the large format list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EpsonWideFormat/ 


Considering how good a printer the 7600 is, I am sure it's a matter of time 
before the chip codes are cracked and software like OPM supports it. 
Expect lots of "chat" about bw printing then!

Antonis




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "nakalele2" 
<floydd001@h...> wrote:
>   I am very new to this group, and to digital printing, but am 
> wondering why there is such a paucity of  "chat" concerning the
> 7600.  Is there something other than the price of the machine 
> that makes it unsuitable for B&W prints?