Digital BW, The Print

> 
> Hmmm, I always found that since its release and apart from some
> initial "first look" reviews there has been silence around this
> printer - relatively to the success it should have been. Is there
> something wrong with it? But maybe I am just too far away from 
where
> the discussions are really going on...
> 
> Anyway, having got an MF camera I would like to print bigger than
> 11x14,  and the 7600 is too big and too expensive for me, so the 
4000 would be the right size...

Bernie,

I shoot 35 and 645 film and have migrated from the 1160 to the 
4000.  The 4000 is as good as the reviews say.  My color prints have 
been beautiful and after some struggle I am getting really good B&W 
with the Ultrachrome inkset and small gamut profiles.  These 
profiles use light cyan and light magenta in the highlight values 
and with a loup look so much better than the results I was getting 
with Epson Gray Balancer.  They are designed specifically for B&W.  
The author is Eric Bullock who is active in the Epson large format 
group.  There was a link here to butzi.net/articles/toning (I think 
that's right) which has a series of excellent toning curves.  QTR 
will soon be 4000 ready which will really make the 4000 a B&W tool 
for everyone. 

Andrew