Digital BW, The Print

Arthur Fink wrote:

>I may have a chance to buy either of these printers at a good price, but am 
>having a hard time finding a clear list of differences between them.
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>Will both accept various quadtone ink sets?
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yes.

>Will both accept a dye based color ink system (e.g. UltraChrome) for color 
>work?
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Ultrachromes are pigment inks. The 7000 is designed for dye inks. The 
7600 is designed for either dye inks (six channels) or pigment inks 
(seven channels) depending on which model you buy. I like the seven 
channel model for quads.

In reality, it doesn't much matter - any of these printers can handle 
dye or pigment inksets.

>Any differences in dot size, paper handling, or other factors?
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The 7600 has smaller dots, and can handle variable dot sizes. The 7000 
is good for 1440 printing, the 7600 can go 2880.

>Finally, any other considerations that should guide my choice?
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The 7600 is considerably faster.

>Thanks much,
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>Arthur Fink
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