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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 4800 vs. 2400 question

2006-02-06 by Michael Vendrell

Ginny, I agree with Clayton.  Your questions are good
ones that most of us either want to know or enjoy
reviewing and adding our $.02 worth...
Michael Vendrell, MD

--- Clayton Jones <cj@...> wrote:

> Hello Ginny,
> 
> >I must admit that the one or two BO good prints I
> got out of my 
> >1280 were, indeed, more pleasing to my eye than
> those made with 
> >my 1800.  They had a very open, warm toned,
> luminous look on 
> >Epson Enhanced Matte.
> 
> Yep.  In spite of its graininess, BO remains popular
> with a lot of
> photographers.  Over the past few years there have
> been several
> reports of people showing pairs of identical images
> printed with BO
> and full ink, to laypersons, who chose the BO one
> because "it looks
> better".  It has fine qualities, you just have to
> choose which images
> to use it with.
> 
> 
> >What printer would be most trouble-free (blockage
> wise) with BO if 
> >I wanted to print up to 11X14?
> 
> The 2200 is a really fine BO printer.  The only
> thing better (that I
> know of) is the 4000.  It has a more random dither
> pattern which
> results in slightly smoother tones.
> 
> BTW, I must disagree with the person who suggested
> to go do some
> research on your own - your questions are most
> welcome.  It's what
> this forum is all about, so ask all you want.  There
> are lots of
> silent readers who I'm sure will be benefitting from
> these
> discussions, so you are asking for them as well. 
> This forum is not
> just for the convenience of more experienced users. 
> That's my .02 worth.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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