Digital BW, The Print

Hello James,

>trying to find out if anyone has found a BO solution for the 2400, 
>but there doesn't seem to be much information about this anywhere.  

The 2400 does not natively support BO printing, but it can be done
with QTR.  However, the results are not quite as good as produced by
the 2200 or the R200/220.  The dither pattern is coarser, but still
looks good for some images.  It's worth a try.  


>I thought the Epson 2400 was the machine for this and bought one 
>last week, rather taking it for granted that I could do BO on it.  
>Now I'm reading that the Black mode uses color inks, which is 
>frustrating to say the least.  Why is such an expensive and 
>sophisticated printer incapable of one of the simplest and oldest 
>B&W printing approaches out there?

Good question.  However, the ABW mode is capable of making gorgeous BW
prints without requiring a densitometer, special curves and complex
color management.  So, IMO, you still have purchased the best desktop
printer for doing both color and BW, and should not regret your
purchase.  Please see article #9 at the link below for detailed
workflow instructions.  BW printing of this quality has never been easier.

Regards,
Clayton


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