Digital BW, The Print

Ginny,

>Is there a printer smaller than the 2200 that would do BO printing? 
>I don't think I could justify getting BOTH a 2400 and a 2200.  :)
>(I've already ordered the 2400 which was on sale for $675)

That's a _really_ good price.  I use an R200 (precursor to the 220)
for BO and it does a very good job. They cost $99 or less.  Under a
loupe you can see some fine dither banding in lower zones that is more
pronounced than the 2200 did.  So it's not as good, but to the eye
it's hard to tell the difference (I saved example prints from my 2200
and compare current ones to them).

It's also proving to be a good companion to the 2400 because the
workflows are so similar I can do my initial proofing in BO, and use
the 2400 only for late proofs and final prints.  It saves a lot on ink
costs plus less wear and tear on the 2400 (the paper feed mechanism on
my 2200 wore out after two years of busy use).  The only bad thing is
I can't print large BO prints, so I hope someday to get back to my
QTR/2400/BO experiments.

 
>Interesting that the 2200 does BO and the 2400 does not. Why is that?

Ahh, the $64 question. I would love to have the answer.

Regards,
Clayton


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