Digital BW, The Print

Richard,
     I think you have answered your own question,and it is a move I 
also will be making. Yes,the HP does a much better job of printing 
B&W,and you (we) can say goodby to clogged heads and wasteful 
cleaning cycles. The 8750 should do as good a job as the smaller HP 
as it uses the same Photo Gray setup. As long as the HP paper is 
used, the prints should last a real long time. And since the prints 
aren't made using color inks there will be no color shifts, since 
there is no color to begin with. I think all these people using 
color inks to get B&W images are going to be in for a nasty surprise 
later,though how much later is anyone's guess. The only negative 
that I see is that the paper selection is much more limited using 
the HP printers vs the Epsons, but since the images are,to me,much 
better,who cares? I am really looking forward to this move. If I am 
concerned with the print stability decades from now I will just give 
the buyer the file. Years from now the equipment and inks will 
surely be even better than they are today, and then the buyer can 
either sub the print out to a lab or print it her/himself. My images 
are really good,but they ain't going to be in MOMA,and neither are 
99% of the images out there. So if a buyer were to get sneaky and 
print up a bunch of the images,human nature being what it is,that is 
their ethical screw up. In these days of digital reproduction, 
anyone can duplicate pretty much anything at anytime. The idea is 
that you shouldn't,and I am content to let it go at that. As far as 
the prints warping, frame and mat anything wrong and you will have 
problems.Steve.








--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
<richard-lists@i...> wrote:
> I have a 1280 for 4+ years now, for large size color prints. Last 
year I 
> bought a refurbished HP 7960 for 8x10 B&W and indeed it is 
stunning.
> 
> I am looking into getting a wide format printer solely for larger 
B&W. The 
> 1280 still works fine (albeit it clogs like mad) for color. Is 
there an 
> opinion whether the 8750 or the R2400 is better for B&W work? I 
would use 
> both glossy and matt fine arts paper.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
please 
> use richard at imagecraft.com)