Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Kathy Ryan" 
<kt.ryan@v...> wrote:
> I currently have an Epson RX500 all-in-one that I use to print my 
photos. They are pretty good but I want better and bigger. I would 
like to print up to 11x14 which is what my preferred size was in the 
wet darkroom. And I would like to get rid of, or at least control, 
the slight color cast I get on the RX500 prints.

If I were you (and I'm in the same boat - I want a large format 
printer), I'd wait.

Epson's done quite a bit in the new R800 printer.  It begs for a 
wide carriage version.  With the recent price cuts on the 1280, and 
Christmas buying season fast approaching, I think a new printer is 
in the wings.  I don't think the 4000 is it.

I have NO inside information to base this speculation on.  Just an 
educate guess on my part.

Until then, work on color management to clear up the color cast in 
the RX500.  That's a good printer (same print engine as the rest of 
the R printers, IIRC).  When was the last time you profiled your 
monitor?  Does your printer profile match your inks and papers 
you're using?  You'll be fighting the same battle with any printer, 
so might as well practice on the RX500 while you wait for the next 
generation large format home inkjet.

Anne