Digital BW, The Print

Well, bear in mind thiese are my own personal opinions. Others may
feel differently.

1-a-The Eboni Black and printing BO makes a huge difference, imo.
b-You need nothing else. Just set the driver to print BO.
2-This is harder to answer. The BO prints have a special 'look' about
them that some people absolutely love and others seem not so impressed
with. There is a certain luminosity to the BO prints. The 2400 cannot
make BO prints out of the box. The 2400 does make extremely high
quality B&W prints, to be sure. But, the look is different from the BO
prints.
 For the money, the 220 is, by far, the best little machine out the
for making 8X10 BO prints.
 Before you invest $700 in a 2400, wouldn't it make sense to invest
just a few bucks in a cartridge of Eboni Black and give it a whirl?
Let your eyes decide what you think. Frankly, I was totally blown away
when I saw how impressive the prints were from a $69 printer!
Best
Howard

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ciscomanvann"
<espressogeek@...> wrote:
>
> Let me ask two questions if you dont mind.
> 1. The eboni black will make that much of a difference? Do I need to 
> do anything  to use it?
> 2. How does the 2400 with the stock ink set stack up against the 
> eboni black in the r220? 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "how786" 
> <how786@> wrote:
> >
> >   I have both printers. The 220 gives amazing BO prints with most
> > papers. (Especially Epson Matte papers) Get Eboni Black from MIS 
> and
> > try BO printing. The results will be stunning.
> >  Best
> > Howard
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ciscomanvann"
> > <espressogeek@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I puchased a r220 from staples a few days back. I have 14 days 
> to take
> > > it back for a full refund. Im not very happy with its output on 
> heavy
> > > weight matte paper. The prints look nothing like they do on 
> screen and
> > > can not touch a lot of prints that I order online from labs. I 
> didnt
> > > think this little thing would be able to satisfy me but I 
> thought I
> > > would give it a whirl.
> > > I am using the stock ink set, printing with the black option 
> under
> > > print settings, and running os x.
> > > I would like to give the 2400 a whirl but I can not take it back 
> if I
> > > am not happy since I will have to order it online. I want to 
> print
> > > color and bw so I dont want to change the ink set just yet if I 
> do get
> > > it. Is the output the same quality but able to go larger? Or is 
> the
> > > output actually better, finner, more dynamic range?
> > > Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
> > >
> >
>