Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Matti Koskinen
<mjkoskin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just got my R1800 because things have changed and I also want to
print 
> color, which seems to be ok with epson. Now as basically a B&W printer, 
> I also tried several settings printing some test B&W images, but not so 
> happy with results. I've used only heawyweight matte paper so far, and 
> epson premium profiles. This combination gives quite good results, but 
> there still is some slight magenta cast in some tones. I also tried
qtr, 
> but that gave bad posterisations.  I know people here has r1800s so if 
> you could please tell me what are your settings and what are your 
> experiences?
> 
> There also seems to be slight metamerism, but now as time has passed
and 
> the prints are thorougly dry, it's not so bad as just printed.
> 
> One thing I wonder with this printer is, that I've printed several 
> colour and B&W prints, and the ink level indicators show still full. 
> This is great, as my older HP would have needed already couple of
carts. 
> Bad thing is that there's no black-only option in epson driver, that 
> would have cut the ink consumption to minimum. I'm not sure, but I 
> remember seeing a web page saying that the japanese driver has 
> black-only option, but wonder, if it would work with finnish winXP.
> thanks
> 
> -matti
>
i have the r1800 because i also wanted the option of good color
printing.  after many attempts at bo with epson inks, i decided that
the way to get superior bw prints is to use bw inks (duh).  i now use
piezography k7 inksets and am overwhelmingly pleased with the results.
 i can also still print w/color inks by simply swapping out the carts.