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Re: [Digital BW] Re: 4800/3800 "Black" setting is not BO - thanks, Clayton!

2006-12-24 by atodzia@cox.net

I wouldn't get the 4000 for B&W. I would get the 4800.

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:31:28 -0000, you wrote:

>I was quite excited about that possibility wwith the 3800, due to some previous posts. 
>Guess I'll scrap that idea and consider a 4000.
>
>Sarah
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>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "eddiegnz1" <eddiegnz1@...> 
>wrote:
>>
>> Isn't it also true that the printer also uses a tiny bit of yellow 
>> (or some other color and not just the K, LK, LLK)?
>> 
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
>> <cj@> wrote:
>> >
>> > Please everyone, 
>> > 
>> > Stop referring to the "Black" setting in the 4800 and 3800 as BO.  
>> It
>> > is _not_ BO.  BO means Black Only, meaning just one ink. The Black
>> > setting on these K3 printers uses black (MK or PK) plus LK and 
>> LLK, so
>> > it's using three inks.  Please call it something else, such as 3BK 
>> or
>> > BGG or something.  Calling it BO is just going to create a great
>> > amount of confusion and miscommunication.  
>> > 
>> > BO is a specific way of printing that is completely different than 
>> the
>> > "Black" setting on these printers.  Thanks very much.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > Clayton
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Info on black and white digital printing at    
>> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>> >
>>
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