Digital BW, The Print

flyfishingusa2002 wrote:

>What's wrong with the 2200? I get great B/W prints using QTR (free) 
>using my Mac. I get great colour from it from either my PC system or 
>the MAC. 
>
Um.. And you're expecting people to buy a Mac or Linux system to get 
good b/w with QTR? or pay mucho $$ for ImagePrint?

>The extra black on the new epsons is only so that ink is not wasted 
>on a cart change. something that I hardly ever do since I stick to 
>matt papers. Why glossy? good prints should go under glass where 
>glossy is not needed. Glossy is fine for small prints to give away, 
>but hardly necessary for display.
>  
>
Depends on your target market...

One area that's obvious is B&W headshots, or B&W prints for portfolio... 
Many times ppl (models, actors, etc.) want only glossies..  Remember, 
not ALL digital B&W is fine-art.

 
Keith Krebs

"Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer 
User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
Publications), at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
 
"For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together 
guys"