Digital BW, The Print

On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 10:30 AM, lovelipp wrote:

> I bought my 7600 solely for dedicated BW - now there seem to be no
> inks for it.  I was planning on UT7, but it looks like they might not
> materialize. I use an Epson driver, PS7, and print on H.Photo rag.
> The option to print glossy is not important to me. Archival is
> important. I can't start now with an expensive RIP. Please help! 
>
>        Arlene Love
>        ArleneLoveL@...
>

One company I would investigate is Sundance, at www.bwguys.com

I bought my 7600 to run color and black and white, but have suffered 
the clog from hell after switching to a third party ink.  Still trying 
to resolve the matter after several weeks.  Full report to follow 
pending outcome.  In the meantime, it may be that my best option for 
retaining the most use out of the printer is to turn it into a 
dedicated b&w printer, using a set of ink which does not use the one 
clogged (?) nozzle.  Sundance has such a set.  They also, though, have 
their own driver, the full version of which is not cheap, but due out 
soon is a plug-in version for Mac, which is what I'm on.  I forget what 
the Windows options are.  The Mac PS plugin version has not yet been 
priced.

I have not used these inks yet, and so am not recommending them based 
on experience, only on recommendation from a knowledgeable source.

The other person I will contact before deciding on an inkset is Richard 
Wolfson, www.rwolfson.com  He has been recommended by a top source as 
being a master at b&w printing.  He gives workshops as well.  I haven't 
contacted him yet, so don't know what inks he recommends, but will find 
out before making my decision.

James Irelan


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