Digital BW, The Print

Unless I've missed a new release from Epson, we are talking about the 
$800 R2400 which will get you there, but will take more than 3 or 4 
8x10s to pay for itself :)

mark

PS  And sure, the R2400 is superior to the HP in almost every way 
(unless you are dead set on high gloss prints)... just that if someone 
is looking for occasional 8x12" b&w prints a $99 printer (that works 
flawlessly out of the box) is a trivial purchase, whereas $800 
generally is not.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" 
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Hahn" 
> <markhahn2000@y...> wrote:
> > Judging by theses prices, just 3 or 4 8x10 prints pay for a HP 
> 7660,  
> > the same number of 12x18 prints gets you a HP 8750.  I would put 
> the 
> > HP prints against an RC lab print any day and the HP system just 
> > works (that's why there is no discussion on list, they just do 
> > exactly what they are supposed to so there are no problems to 
> > discuss)... really, your first b&w print comes out perfectly... and 
> > Wilhelm gives 100+ years displayed and 200+ for dark storage.
> > 
> > mark
> 
> 
> You could say the same about the new Epsons and the ABW mode, at 
> least for most papers including the "fine art" matte papers.