Digital BW, The Print

Well I would agree that most buy them for colour but that doesn't stop
demand for decent black and white. Personally I will purchase an R1800 for
colour and then only use it for B&W when it is RIP supported.  I do believe,
however, that the current driver issues for the 2100 are annoying and
dropping true "black only" support for the R800 and R1800 is a disappointing
development.  We can either take the "lump it or leave it" approach and not
comment to Epson or we can at least let them know that these are features we
would like to see fixed, in the case of the 2100, or continued in the case
of the R800/1800.  At the moment the dodos at Epson UK don't even understand
that their 2100 driver does one thing when PK is installed and another when
MK is installed.  If nobody tells them there is a problem or that we would
like to see certain options retained then they will no doubt stay firmly
seated on their no doubt large butts.  If we do alert them to issues then
perhaps they will take notice.  We can either "take what we are given" or be
assertive and perhaps bring about change.  Epson doesn't have a "black"
option for nothing - they too recognise the demand for decent B&W.  They are
just heading down a path that precludes a workflow which has satisfied many
users.


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:44:33 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson R800 & 1800
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
>> I really don't think that the Epson Tech guys understand the level of
>> demand
>> for Black Only printing,
> 
> So what would it be, one in a million epson users? Most buy them to print
> color.
> 
> Bob Frost.
>