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Re: [Digital BW] BO on 2100 printer with XP

2004-12-06 by Carl Schofield

Epson wants to maximize ink sales and printing BO is counter to this 
goal.  I would love to see a single channel, 1 pl black ink printer, 
but it won't be from Epson.


On Dec 6, 2004, at 4:23 PM, Steve Kale wrote:

>
> The answer is simple and has been mentioned here many times.  The 2100 
> Mac
> driver can not do Black Only to RC paper.  It prints with all the inks.
> This is not the case when MK is installed.
>
> I would suggest that all those who are fans of Black Only printing 
> start
> griping to Epson.  If the R800 driver is anything to go by, Black Only
> printing is a dying cause ie it will not be supported by Epson in 
> future
> drivers - UNLESS you speak up now.  I raised the MAC 2100 MK BO issue 
> with
> Epson UK Tech Support and they weren't even aware of the 
> difference.....nor
> did they bother to make any changes.
>
>
>> From: Michael Hung <mhkhung@...>
>> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:00:58 -0000
>> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] BO on 2100 printer with XP
>>
>>
>>
>> I got similar cast using BO with OEM black ink on 1270, or a different
>> cast with BO using OEM black (matte or photo depends on paper setting)
>> on a R800 using the japanese model of the driver (that has BO option).
>>
>> I have no clue why this is happening though. And surprised that Mac
>> output differently.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danny"
>> <dannyt@f...> wrote:
>>> Hi Richard,
>>>
>>> As I wrote, I use Epson matte black ink and Archivival (Enchanche)
>> Matte
>>> paper.
>>> When I print from PC(XP) there is a magenta hue on the print, when i
>> print
>>> from any Mac there is true black only...
>>> Last week I installed the last driver from epson on the PC.
>>>
>>> danny
>>
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