Digital BW, The Print

You can be the only one who knows about waiting on a 9700, 9800,??.  However, if you need the 9600's size now, buy it and get the IP demo.  That way you can print your own images with IP and any other profiles you might want.  I've sold both b&w and color from my 9600 with IP.  Everyone involved seems to be delighted.  IP 6 is comming out very soon (days maybe), it is supposed to have several enhancements, one of which is improved color saturation.  
 
I've had my 9600 over a year.  I tried Atkinson's and Epson's profiles and could not get what I wanted.  So, I went to IP.  I couldn't be more pleased (except, of course, w/IP6) with the decission.
 
I have switched black inks in the 9600 a couple of times.  While I see the blurbs about how much ink is consumed, I'm not sure it is as bad as advertised (although, Epson should know better that I), but certainly not worse.  Takes about 15 minutes.
 
IP and the 9600 is a good set up.  And, expensive.  But, I love printing on it.
 
Tom Baker

chipcarterdc <chipcarterdc@...> wrote:
While waiting to make a decision on wide format B&W, I'm finding that, given 
the amount of prints I've been lucky enough to sell recently, I need to 
purchase a wide-format printer now.  I think I've settled on the 9600.  For color 
output, I'll be more than happy w. a 9600 and the Epson or Atkinson profiles.  
My question is this: what to do for B&W while I'm figuring out whether to go the 
2 printer route (w. some B&W inkset in one)  or the 9600+ imagePrint route?  I 
find the black-only prints on my 2200 using Eboni black to be acceptable -- 
still a bit warm, but good enough as a stop-gap til I get this all worked out.  

So, (1) can I install the Eboni cart and still print in full color using the Epson/
Atkinson profiles?  I would think not, given that the Eboni black is less warm 
than the Epson black.  (2) How well does Eboni black adhere to luster/glossy 
surface papers?  One real big hestitation w. getting a wide-fromat Epson is 
the need to switch black inks and waste lots of $.  If I can print w. the Eboni 
black + OEM inks on both glossy and matte paper, even if I have to spray the 
glossy prints with a fixative of some sort (which one?), I'd be happy.  If not, I 
guess I can switch to entirely matte surfaces, although I'd prefer not to.

Any guidance anyone can give would be appreciated.  This is getting fairly 
urgent, as I have 2 now people who each want several big prints, and a 
potential business client who may want 5-10 big prints.  I'm currently sending 
big stuff out to West Coast Imaging, and while they're good, I'd rather keep the 
profit margin for myself.  (Of course, as soon as I buy a 9600, epson will 
announce an upgrade....)

Thanks!



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