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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Holy Moly 4800!

2005-06-03 by Steve Kale

> From: Djon <westsidemaurice@...>

> 
> Yikes, I'm confused....is this "black change" the change between Matte
> and Photo Black?

Yes
 
> 
> I'd thought 4800 had both blacks built in, easy switching....wrong?

No.  The extra slot is taken by the LLK.

> 
> Sounds like a hassle to go from printing color and semi-gloss/gloss
> B&W to printing watercolor B&W.

Yes

> 
> How much $time$ does change take, in addition to wasting a liter
> (really?) of $pigment$ ?

Will let you know but I doubt the time is significant while the waste of ink
likely is.

> 
> Does Matte Black from 4800 look a lot better with matte paper, just as
> it does from 2200?

Yes it will.


> 
> Sounds like an argument for dedicated machines.


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