Digital BW, The Print

That may well be but I don't think it makes sense. I fail to see how using a photo black along with a matte black and light gray is going to make any real difference in print quality. Maybe someone more knowledgeable than I could enlighten me.

Walt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Udstrand [mailto:gudstrand.list@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:32 AM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: HP Photosmart Pro B9180 review at LL
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>Maybe I was not clear, the B9180 uses all three, both blacks and light
>gray ONLY for its B&W prints.
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>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1003&message=19947954&q=9180+black+white&qf=m
>========from a thread on dpreview========
>"> Are you saying the photo black is used along with the matte black
>> and gray cartridges when doing B&W on matte papers, as there is no
>> light light black as there is in the Epson K3 printers?
>>
>> I'd assumed that the photo black was used only for the glossy
>> family of papers ... .
>>
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>Correct , all three are used on Greyscale printing on all Fine Art
>media. You can also use all inks if the radio button , "print with
>composite" is left checked.
>-- 
>Neil Snape photographer Paris http://www.neilsnape.com
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>g
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>On 9/13/06, CDTobie@... <CDTobie@...> wrote:
>> >
>> I find black-ink-only, or black-and-gray-inks-only to not be enough: the
>> tonality is uncontrolled and varies with each media. I find color modes that mix
>> light grays from cmY inks not acceptable for B&W either. And printers that
>> don't offer reasonable life expectancies on matte/art media are less than
>> desirable as well. So, to date, the only printers to get all the right elements for
>> good B&W from an OEM color inkset, are the Epson K3s, and the Canon iPF5000. HP
>> certainly had developed (as noted) multi-gray technology for previous desktop
>> dye ink printers (whether it was an affordable way to print B&W images was
>> another matter), but they appear to have stepped back from that with this
>> generation of pigment printers.
>>
>> C. David Tobie
>> Product Technology Manager
>> ColorVision Business Unit
>> Datacolor Inc.
>> CDTobie@colorvision.com
>> www.colorvision.com
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>-- 
>-Gary