Digital BW, The Print

I'd love that printer.  Unfortunately it's well out of the ballpark.

I was just looking at a review the Epson R800, but apparently that's 
a little disappointing with B&W.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> I think the Epson 2400 is the one, if it's in the price ballpark.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
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> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Jason
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:23 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Which B&W printer for my purposes?
> > 
> > Howdy all - I just got introduced to this group.
> > 
> > I'm currently studying photography at TAFE (tertiary education), 
and
> > at the moment we're concentrating entirely on B&W (so this group
> > should be quite useful!).
> > 
> > Now, the printer I currently own is a Canon i70 (I use a DSLR), 
but
> > I want to upgrade.
> > 
> > I also want the printer to be good at colour, as well as printing
> > good, neutral B&W.  Because of that I'm not willing to go and
> > dedicate a printer entirely to B&W, so I need something that can 
do
> > both (besides, I'd have to import the inks from the US - bit of a
> > nuisance, and I need a new printer ASAP).
> > 
> > I've been looking around at various Canon, Epson and HP
> > printers...my budget?  Well, to make it easier (due to differing
> > currencies), the Pixma iP5000 is comfortably within my budget.  I
> > could be convinced to spend the equivalent of the iP8500.  I 
don't
> > really want to spend the money on the i9950 (I believe it's the
> > i9900 in the US), but I could manage it if I had to...
> > 
> > Any recommendations?
> > 
> > I've had the HP 8450 recommended to me.  The Epson 2100 looked
> > decent (I've had the 2200 recommended to me, but I don't think 
that
> > model is available in Australia), but I have no idea how much 
that
> > costs, and it's been discontinued anyway
> > 
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