Digital BW, The Print

Hello Ara,

I don't have a Canon i950 but I think all printers have similar 
characteristics; one of them being the choice of using only black 
ink for making a print. I do have a Canon S750 that my son is using 
and it can be put into Black Only mode from within the printer 
driver. On one screen is the choice of Black/Color. On my old 
printer, I needed to tell it that it was printing "text". Maybe some 
of this will lead down an avenue of discovery withing the Printer 
Driver settings.

Your friend in Photography,


Johnny Eades



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rovision" 
<rovision@y...> wrote:
> Reading through Clayton's excellent pages re. BO and general B/W 
> printing, my old "art" printing memories came back! :) But since 
we 
> are in the 21st Century, and using this i950 printer, I was 
wondering 
> and need some clarifications on this BO process:
> - as I understand BO stands for using ONLY the black ink cartridge 
> for printing grayscale images
> - if this is true, than what happens with the rest of the inks, 
you 
> simply take the out? I guess that could imply some problems with 
the 
> printer itself.
> - or, you can replace the remaining 5 slots with empty carts 
> and "force" print in BO only?
> - as far as I know, even in grayscale printing normally used for 
> text, the "black" ink on paper is not 100% black, but a 
combination 
> of black and other, thus resulting in a color tinted B/W photo 
print 
> straight out of the application.
> - since I guess is possible to replace the whole printing head in 
> this printer, would it be advisable to have a separate head only 
for 
> the B/W printing? If such, where or how can you find an extra head 
> since I don't think Canon is selling these separately?
> 
> Any input would be greatly appreciated. I looked into the archives 
> for the past year and more, couldn't find any specific info on 
this 
> printer model. I understand people here are more Epson geared, but 
> even some general info re. my issues above would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ara Ghemigian