Digital BW, The Print

There is no doubt that the Epson drivers/profiles for the 7600/9600 are inferior for photographic use.  So, they took Imageprint's lead and improved their drivers.  This is good.  It may not be necessary to buy a 3rd parrty RIP to get good photographic prints from the 4000.  I've never understood why Epson didn't do the 7600/9600 drivers correctly.  Money must have played a role.  Or, it is possible that they simply didn't have the expertise to develop really good drivers at the time.
 
Tom Baker

James Sims <james@lightroomphotography.com> wrote:
Here is an excerpt from the epson site that makes some subtle 
distinction on the suitibility of these two printers for B & W 
printing...

4000
Professional Level Black & White Photographic Printing� 
*   Produces a truly consistent image with little color crossover or 
colorcasts 
*   Reduced metamerism on 7-color black & white prints 
*   Depending upon media, produces a black D-max up to 2.1 
*   Produces sellable quality neutral or toned black and white prints

7600
Professional Level Black and White Photographic Printing
*   Produces a truly consistent image with no color "crossover" or 
color casts. 
*   Able to produce neutral or toned black and white prints to 
satisfy demanding photographers. 
*   Depending upon the media used, you can produce a black D-max up 
to 2.0.

Draw your own conclusions.... I personally believe that these subtle 
distinctions in Epson's product literature indicates a difference, 
for some reason, in the B & W printing quality of these two printers.

Sincerely,

James Sims
http://www.jamessims.com


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