Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Udstrand"
<gudstrand.list@...> wrote:
>
> That is not true, it uses all three at the same time when printing on
> fine art media.  I don't claim to know how it works and I am only
> repeating what I have been told by Neil Snape (as close to an expert
> on the 9180) as anyone.  I also included a link to his review that has
> this information.   He, and me by proxy, may be incorrect but I am
> basing my comments on what he has said in regards to his first hand
> experience with this printer (He has had this printer for several
> months).
> 
> My sources may be incorrect however, on what source do you base your
statements?

More or less the same as yours, Gary. :-)

But I just had a chat with someone at HP, and I'll offer a qualified
mea culpa here: it appears that, indeed, all three black inks in the
B9180 get used simultaneously; the "qualified" part stems from the
fact that this comes into play only with matte/fine art papers.  Also,
according to a blog entry by Neil Snape over at Photo-i, the K ink in
this case gets little use – principally for shadow detail.  Printing
on glossy brings us back to using just two inks.  Bizarre as it
sounds, this means we're both right (or wrong, depending:-).

Snape should know a heck of a lot more than either of us at this
stage, so while I'm not exactly waiting with bated breath, I'll be
quite interested in how this new printer shapes up, or not.  I'd still
feel better with a second grey cart, however.


- Barrett