Digital BW, The Print

How expensive are the black cartridges?
And the color ones too?
Available only as a set of all colors or separately?

In the USA, Costco stores and on their online site, sell some of these HP 
Printers, if I recall.




At 10:50 PM 2/13/2004, you wrote:
>I just went through this.  If you are mainly interested in b&w you
>might as well go with the 7660.  It uses the same inks, nozzles (of
>course) and driver (that from HP which counters at least what is on
>one independant website).  The 7960 does use 8 colors for color
>images and thus gives you a wider gamut of colors.  I have the 7660
>and for snap shots the color looks really good, beating one hour
>digital or film output so my family is thilled (after years of b&w
>only they finally feel like we joined the real world).  The swapping
>part is almost trivial since hp put a place for the odd cart out.
>The printer seems pretty cheezy, but it seems to work fine... just
>don't want to snap off any of the flimsy plastic parts on the paper
>tray!  I think you'll be happy with any of them.
>
>The b&w prints are pretty much neutral and there is zero
>metamorism... nothing to complain about, but I'd prefer a warmer tone
>myself.  If this stuff took off you could imagine #59w, #59mw, #59n
>and #59c... well, you can dream right? :)  I was asking about how
>popular it was at CompUSA and they looked at the computer when I was
>buying my #59 cart and they told me that it was only the 6th one they
>had sold all year... guess they aren't hot items, though HP must
>think it is a big deal because they have the b&w capability featured
>heavily in the store displays.
>
>mark
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V.
>Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> > Time for a real digital B&W issue.
> >
> > My mom is outgrowing her Lexmark Z51.  She's been printing photos
>for
> > her classes and Botany Club (she teaches) all of a sudden (wonder
>where
> > she got that idea?).
> >
> > I want to get an HP for her as I want something she can also print
>B&Ws
> > from.  She prints only from the computer, so the LCD on the 7760
>and the
> > 7960 is pointless.
> >
> > So, the choice is down (I think) to an HP PhotoSmart 7660 :
> >
> > 1)   How do the B&W prints from the #59 cartridge compare to other
>B&W
> > prints regarding issues of neutral hues and metamerism?
> >
> > 2)   Is there a significant advantage in having the 7 or 8 inks
> > installed at all times (as they are in the 7760 and 7960
>respectively)
> > instead of swapping them into and out of the 7660?
> >
> > 3)    Does anyone know if all 8 colors are used by the 7960, or all
>7 by
> > the 7760, when printing photos?
> > --
> >
> >
> > Keith Krebs
> >
> > "Just some guy," 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/>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
> > and  the Multiverse's largest Canon printer User  Community at:
> > 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon-printers>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canon-printers
> > "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks
>together
> > guys"
>
>
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