Digital BW, The Print

with the recent report, I would be hard pressed not to give the $150 
HP 7660 a closer look (the more expensive ones just have more "dummy 
features").

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Schiller" 
<r_schiller@c...> wrote:
> I use an Epson 860 (4-color 8.5" versions of the venerable 1160) 
with Lyson
> Quad tones inks.   I print to glossy paper as my images are sent to 
litho
> duplicators.  I've noticed that the Black & White prints done on my 
Epson
> 870 (6-color) have smoother tonality in the mid-high to high 
tones.  To be
> specific, the 860 seems to have an abrupt shift in this area, 
making very
> light tones appear as white areas because the ever so slightly 
darker tones
> are missing, which the 870 doesn't do.   But the 870 has 
the "greenies"
> because I'm using the Epson inks.
> 
> Epson is selling refurbished the 890 and the 960.  The 960 uses 
separate
> tanks and has 2 pico drops, the 890 is the 2880 version of the 
870.   Lyson
> inks are available for the 890, not the 960.
> 
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on which would be the better choice to 
replace
> my 860.   Or does anyone know how to get smoother tonality on the 4-
color
> 860?
> 
> thanks to all
> 
> Rick Schiller
> www.rickschiller.com