Digital BW, The Print

Ramin wrote:

>Hi, 
>  There are basicly two options: 
>Either 
>1- the HP photosmart 7760, 7770, 7790 with a dedicated gray ink 
>cartradge. 
>  Drawback: it only prints upto letter size. 
>  
>
Another drawback is that I find a #59 cartridge is good for 8-12 typical 
8x10 B&W prints. Doing the math, with the #59 cartridge averaging $24, 
that is $2-$3 per print for ink.

>Or 
>2- Epson 1280 or 1160 using MIS inksets solely for B&W to avoid 
>color cast on B&W prints. 
>  Advantage: it provides larger print sizes. 
>  Drawback: more expensive. Is my understanding correct that one has 
>no choice but to buy some additional software to use MIS inksets 
>with these printers? 
>

No you don't you can use Photoshop or Picture Window Pro and Paul 
Roark's workflows..

It is MUCH cheaper than using an HP 7660, 7760, 7960.

The main advantage of the HP printers IMHO is that it is a simple plug 
and play option..

I really suggest you read through the archives, the various B&W options 
have been listed and discussed ad nauseum. It really would be redundant 
and take up a lot of bandwidth, not to mention the time of those who 
have listed all these options hitherto, right now to simply list all the 
options here simply because people are too lazy to take the time to read 
the archives..

However, I will give you a list of options to start with:

Clayton Jones\ufffd Black Only

HP 7660/7760/7960

EPSON R800

EPSON 2200 w/ Imageprint

Lyson Small Gamuts

MIS Inks

VM & VM-S

UT 2 - UT 7 \ufffd UT 2200 (C84)

Sundance

Septone & Piezotones

Image Export B&W

PixelPixasso (UC & Septones)

Roy Harrington\ufffds QTR

Bowhaus IJC/OPM

Piezography ICC

Feel free to review the archives for more info on each option.




Keith Krebs

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