Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl 
Schofield <scho@m...> wrote:
> Ed,
> 
> Did you have any success getting the R800 to print BO?
> 
> Carl

no carl.... it really does not print using only the black cartridge.  
with some trepidation i called epson support, not expecting 
much.  the young support person was pleasant and logged all 
my "wishes."  wish for black only printing, wish for epson gray 
scale ink set, wish for an auto function under the gloss optimizer 
menu so that you can economize on gloss cartridge when 
printing small images on full size sheets of paper.

for the moment, i'm waiting for a scanner to arrive and have 
decided not to scan any more negatives on the old flat bed at 
work.  in this interim, i've experimented a little bit with using 
duo/tri/quadtone curves through photoshop to alter the grayscale 
characteristics slightly. 

ed