Digital BW, The Print

Does this mean the Epson 2400 is back a generation?

http://www.inkjetart.com/hp/B9180/index.html

"Our own tests found the HP B9180 prints to be quite neutral in their
grayscale reproduction, even when using all seven colors. When the HP
printer driver is set to print with only the black and light gray inks, the
results are indeed more neutral than Epson's "Advanced B&W" setting, which
does use some of the light colors (light cyan, light magenta and yellow) to
help make their grays -- whereas the prints using the HP Vivera inks showed
only gray and black dots at high magnification. Even with two inks (black &
light gray), the tonal range was smooth and rich -- albeit slightly less
rich than Epson's "Advanced B&W", which has one more black, and cheats by
adding 3 more light colors! (The following two images were scanned from 1/8"
x 1/8" sections of their respective B9180 and R2400 prints -- and show how
neutral HP's carbon black Vivera inks are.)"

On 9/13/06, CDTobie@... <CDTobie@...> wrote:
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> For Black and White? Reichman is amazing lenient on that point, noting
> that
> the B9180 produces "nice" b&w but with no controls or adjustments. He also
> doesn't comment on whether this printer's one gray ink is used to blend
> light
> grays, or whether they are built from Light Cyan, Light Magenta, and
> Yellow (which
> would push this printer back a generation in b&w technology).




-- 
-Gary


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