Digital BW, The Print

Hello Matti,
>Then for curiosity I tried the black cartridge only option in 
>the driver, and got really good print. At first I didn't 
>believe my eyes, but then I tried several pictures I've earlier 
>printed with gray inks and the BO print IS quite ok. 

>One good point with printing BO on HP is the ink consumption 
>which is of course much smaller than with gray inks. I've been 
>able to print 5-6 A3 sized prints with one HP no. 100 cart, now 
>watching the ink levels with black cart gives something like 20
>prints! 

If you don't mind the grainy look, BO does offer several advantages,
lot the least of which is low cost.  I've been using BO for several
years, and last winter when I begain experimenting with full ink sets
I was shocked at the added ink consumption and cost.  I had gotten
spoiled.  There is more info about BO printing at the web site below.


>some opinions about these papers, like dmax, texture etc. 

At the link below there is also a "Great Paper Chase" article (#5)
that lists 24 different papers with their attributes, including paper
color, texture, dmax and more.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm