Digital BW, The Print

Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

>>From: Editor P.O.V. Image Service [mailto:editor@...]
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>>Of course, some printers: the EPSON dye-based printers and the Canons
>>have notorious color casts and/or metatmerism when printing in BO mode..
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>I know that some black ink is on the warm side, but I thought black-only was
>the _solution_ to metamerism. I know the later 2000P driver reduced
>metamerism by relying more heavily on black ink.
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The OEM K inks in the EPSON 1280/1270/1290/960 and the Canon 
S9000/900/i960/i9100 will exhibit both metamerism and a greenish cast..

Of course, they'll also fade to brown as the cyan component is 
oxidized.. I'd stay away from those specific printers with OEM inks if 
doing BO.. The C84 you mentioned, might be the best choice, and 
relatively inexpensive..  Although, I might go with a C84 and MIS K 
instead.. It would depend on cost, but with the ink markup EPSON 
probably needs to underwrite the C84, I'd guess the MIS inks would be 
comparable or cheaper ..

 
Keith Krebs

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