Digital BW, The Print

That is true of course, and if you only want to print on fine art mat 
media you shouldn't even consider one of the HP printers, but if you 
are looking for Glossy prints, which many many Epson users are (for 
some reason that I don't fully understand), then it isn't much of a 
limitation.  A friend of mine just ordered an HP after like two years 
of frustion from the limitation he felt that a 2200+IP imposed on him.

I was getting pretty close to ordering a 2400, but now there are rumors 
that Canon is coming out with a pigment printer that will one-up 
Epson... might be interesting.

I'm not trying to start any "this is better than that" war between the 
printers... Epsons are good for many reasons, and HPs are good for a 
few compelling reasons.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Martin Sluka 
<martin.sluka@p...> wrote:
> At 23:47 +0000 18.9.2005, Mark Hahn wrote:
> *******************************************
> 
> >really, your first b&w print comes out perfectly... and
> >Wilhelm gives 100+ years displayed and 200+ for dark storage.
> 
> You are right, BUT - you may use ONLY and ONLY HP papers and HP inks 
> for this. The Wilhelm rates are based on HP papers and their chemical 
> interactions with HP inks, not the inks themself. Not for any of the 
> Fine Art Papers, thick papers or boards or canvases or ...
> 
> Martin
> --