Digital BW, The Print

"Marketing" could be Epson's reason for empasizing different points.  Driver design/intent is a controllable aspect of a printer.  If they chose to have the driver(s) tweaked for tasks other than photography it would likely be that they intend to market the printer somewhat differently.  That does not preclude the 3rd party RIP makers from designing their own RIP's for the 4000 that are photographically oriented.  Whatever the various limits of the Ultrachrome inkset are, are fixed.  But, the drivers (and profiles) can work within those limits in many ways.  If the 4000 can use the Ultrachrome carts designed for the 7600 and 9600 we know there are no differences in the ink.  So, any differences have to be in the software/firmware.
 
Tom Baker

James Sims <james@...> wrote:
If you check out Epson's web site and compare the specifications and 
benefits pages on the 4000 and the 7600, you will see some subtle 
distinctions in how they characterize the suitability of these two 
printers for B & W printing.  I am assuming that Epson would not have 
gone to the trouble to make these distinctions if there was not a 
reason to do so.

Sincerely

James Sims

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, john eckenrode 
<ejohn182002@y...> wrote:
> it does, i'm not exactly sure what james is referring
> to. the 4000 does come in a pro proofing model which
> prints only cmyk to simulate a press run so maybe
> that's what he's thinkin'. if the 4000 does in fact
> print better b&w, then it does it with drivers and not
> ink. that is it incorporates some sort of RIP-esque
> feature, like Imageprint, QTR or OPM, to improve b&w
> performance.



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