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Re: R800 and Black Only

2004-05-07 by Clayton Jones

Hello Sandy,

>Yup, tried that first but results were unsatisfactory because prints 
>came out so cool they were almost blue. The gradients (make sure
>that sharpen is set to "none" on the driver) aren't as smooth as 
>color ink BW either, but not too bad. Graininess with the R800 in 
>monochrome is MUCH improved over, say, my 2200 using black only. No 
>graininess visible with the naked eye when printing in monochrome 
>on the R800 at the "best photo" setting.

Thanks for the report.  I'm wondering if this is true BO and the black
ink is that cool, or whether some color ink is mixed in...can you tell
with a loupe?


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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