Digital BW, The Print

I would wait and see how the 4800 is reviewed after it's been out for 
a little while. The 4000 had wildly positive reviews at first but
then 
you started to hear some grumbling about the low dmax of matte color 
prints using the Epson driver (expensive RIPs appear to be a solution 
for this). My meager guess is that the 4800 will create finer b&w 
prints with QTR than the 4000 because of the lighter gray ink. It
will 
be interesting to see what kind of b&w prints the new Epson driver 
will generate. I exhibit color and b&w prints and am currently using
a 
2200 for color prints and a 1280 with MIS UT2 inks for b&w. I'm very 
happy with the quality of the prints I'm generating with this setup 
although the scale is limited and the printing speed is slow.


Best,
Jim Pegoda



> I want to reliably and with repeatability create exhibition quality 
gallery b&w prints. It 
> would be nice to do some color as well, but it is not my priority. 
After further research, I 
> feel my choices are:
> 
> A) buy used (mint) 4000 and use epson uc inks
> B) buy used (mint) 4000 and use third party inks (indicate which)
> C) wait and buy the new 4800 in june and use the new UC K3 inks
> D) none of the above
> 
> what do you all think?