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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Suggestions, please, for printer, ink, & paper for B&W "photo essays"

2004-01-18 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Patrick Donegan [mailto:pdonegan@...]
>
> IMHO, printing with a color inkjet printer
> with only the black ink, is not the best use of the printer, and may
> end up costing a pretty penny if the ink colors are not stored in
> independent cartridges.  If all the ink colors are in the same
> cartridges, you'll end up paying for a brand new cartridge everytime
> you run out of black...while the other colors are near 100% full.
> I'm sure this would make the Epsons and HPs of the world very happy
> to have you as an inkjet customer!

Every inkjet printer I've seen has at least a separate black cart. The only
color ink used would be the small quantity that's wasted whenever the
printer has to run a cleaning cycle.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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