Digital BW, The Print

> On a related matter... when I was recently talking to some dealers 
about the
> 4000, one of them asked if I had considered Canons latest pigment 
ink based
> printers?
> 
> I thought they were talking of the likes of the w7250, but when I 
looked at
> its spec sheet, it only mentions dye inks. A search revealed that 
pigments
> are available for 8200 
<http://www.canon.com.au/news/story_852.html> and
> 
<http://www.canon.co.uk/About_Us/News/Solutions_Business_News/WorldRec
ord.as
> p?ComponentID=33781&SourcePageID=25107#1> perhaps there is to be an 
Epson
> 7600 equivalent?


I'm not sure what you mean by a '7600 equivalent' to the Canon 8200.  
The 8200 is a 42" printer, so it would be an approximate 9600 
equivalent.  From what I've heard the 8200 is much faster than the 
Epsons, which will probably be of more importance to people doing 
commercial printing.  It's a 6-color printer.  And I've only heard 
one response to prints from it, which said the results were nice but 
just shy of the Epsons.  This is not personal experience, just the 
few tidbits I've heard.  I've heard nothing about the printer's B&W 
capabilities, but it is a CcMmYK printer, so there's no Light Black 
ink.  Which suggest B&W not up to par with the Epsons, but who 
knows.  I'm hardly anywhere near an expert yet.  Just trying to help 
out with what I've heard.

Mike