Digital BW, The Print

Hello Tim,

A couple things about the HP DJ130.

1. Poor fade resistance on matte or microporous paper
2. Waterfastness may be a problem for such applications as postcards
3. B/W printing is very problematic

I use this printer exclusively for color work on various swellable 
polymer media. Some folks say they can get excellent results using 
just HP's canned profiles, some require custom profiles, I found I 
needed a RIP with CMYK profiles to get the results I'm after.

You may want to post questions at the HPDesignjet_Printers forum to 
make sure you really want to go for the DJ130.

About bronzing on the R1800. To get bronzing-free prints I use QTR 
to apply a thin coat of GLOP over the entire print.

--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim 
Timmermans" <zenphoto7@...> wrote:
>
> The bronzing on this 1800 is driving me crazy.
> I've had to switch to matte papers exclusively.
> Still, even printing postcards or other non fine
> art projects results in less than acceptable
> prints. I'm considering getting the hp design net
> 130. I could use the larger format anyway as my
> prints are starting to sell pretty well.
> 
> Anyone here have experience with this printer? Is
> is a wise investment? I think I could pull off a
> trade-in of the 1800 at comp USA so I wouldn't be
> out of pocket for the whole $1300 or so.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?> 
> Tim
>