Digital BW, The Print

That is disappointing.  I was looking forward to seeing a BO print from 
a machine capable of putting out 1.5 pl drops.  Are you experimenting 
with duotones because the R800 has the usual metamerism problems when 
attempting to print a neutral gray with all of the color inks?

On Tuesday, February 24, 2004, at 03:40  PM, edrudolpho wrote:

> --- 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
>