Digital BW, The Print

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kiwikale wrote:

|I thought you said  you have the Epson 2200 (looking back at your original
|post)...With this you can use the Epson OEM inks and a RIP such as 
Quadtone and get
|excellent B&W prints.  The good news is that it is free.  You can also 
consider using
|Inkjetcontrol/Open Printmaker although I have no experience with this.  
Or you can
|pay $495 and purchase Colorbyte's Imageprint RIP which will potentially 
(I say
|potentially because I have not used it - if you are starting out it can 
be quite an
|upfront expense to fully load your system at the beginning rather 
building it as you
|get used to RIPs, color mgt, scanning techniques etc) improve your 
colour prints over
|and above the Epson driver.  Otherwise you are looking at the 
(dedicated) (septone)
|B&W ink sets.  Personally (and if I am correctly judging wwhere you are 
starting from
|in all this) I would start with your existing 2200 and use Quadtone and 
then progress
|from there if you feel you need to.


Well said.  I am in a similar situation, and the progressive approach is 
both more economical and educational.

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|--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "njhilite" 
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|wrote:
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|>Hi Everybody,
|>
|>Thank you very much for helping me in my search for the appropriate
|>scanner.
|>
|>I think I will get the one from Polaroid, the SprintScan 4000 since I
|>do a lot of b&w in 35mm and intend to print out in larger formats.
|>
|>Now, can anyone recommend a printer which is good, not to pricey and
|>does handle well b&w prints in various formats?
|>
|>Thanks.
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