Digital BW, The Print

At 07:11 AM 11/23/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello Bob,
>
> >You'll find a some people in this group that disparage Black Only
> >printing...But I sure am not one of them. It works better for me
> >in some images.
>
>Nice to see you in here standing up for BO printing.  Hooray!
>
>
>
> >I'm about to switch over to Eboni black and UT
>
>I switched and love the results.
>
>
>
> >I don't think the Eboni is appreciably darker
>
>See my reply to Lincoln about being "blacker"...
>
>
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> > I can see no difference between printing at 1440 and 2880 dpi other
> > than print time. For once, I seem to be in the mainstream line of
> > thinking. But if 2880 works better for you, by all means use it.
>
>
>I switched to a 2200 at 2880 dpi and find that the resolution in fine
>details is _greatly_ improved, and the "gritty" look is gone.   I do
>everything at 2880 now.  As far as appearance, I think the 2200
>handles 2880dpi differently than the 1280 does, and it's also faster.
>  It's about as fast at 2880 as my 870 was at 1440.
>
>Regards,
>Clayton

Clayton,

>I think someone should start a BO list  :-)

>I've been using BO for a book project on a new 1280 and with refilled 
>carts.   After about five full tanks of black - I haven't had to run a 
>cleaning cycle yet - the color cart level indicator shows it is nearing 
>empty.  What gives?  Some genius ought to figure out how to use only one 
>color tank at a time to give an assortment of BO choices.

Anybody got a fave BO paper?  I know that depends a lot on the image.  My 
book project has been on Red River #32 Premium Matte printed one-side, with 
little show-through.

AZ


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