Digital BW, The Print

gudstrand.list@... writes: > Are you saying that the HP cannot print 
black and white with variable toning?  I thought that the use of the colored 
inks with B&W was the default in the HP print driver.  Have you used the HP?

> 

CDTobie@...: No but I hope to work with them next week at Photokina. 
Their own description is that the B&W mode uses only black and gray inks. The 
experience of those  on this list is that such prints tend to be 'carbon tinted' 
not neutral, and that the exact tint varies with the media in question. Thats 
what using bits of  color ink along with blacks and grays is all about... >

I have an early 9180, but it's inaccessible at the moment. Trying to 
remember, seems I could print "grayscale" (only black and gray) or "composite" (colors 
mixed in) from the driver. I agree with most of the reviewers who say the 
all-black B&Ws are really neutral. However, they're balanced for D50 like the 
8750.

So I'm not giving you very solid info here, but it's worth every penny. ;-)

Harald Johnson