Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sarah

I'm not so sure we need carts, what we need is a chip resetter. I may 
be wrong (again!) but the carts appear to be fairly simple and 
refillable. Even the chip looks similar to the 7600 chips, though of 
course you can't tell much by looking. But at least they have same 
number of contacts. Perhaps when someone runs out of ink on one they 
can try the existing large format resetter?

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sagaface" 
<sagaface@...> wrote:
>
> Is it natural to think that there WILL be carts for the 3800, as 
there has been for all the 
> other models? 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm sort of thrilled. Thanks to all engaging in this investigation. 
Long may it continue!
> Sarah
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton 
Jones" <cj@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Roy,
> > 
> > >Thanks for your efforts. It's certainly an interesting set of 
scans...
> > 
> > Well...guess what?  I just got back from Steve's house.  He had
> > switched his 3800 over to MK and I went over to do some tests.  
The
> > Black setting with MK _is_ BO.  The ramp is totally different 
than the
> > one on glossy paper with PK - it's the good old BO dither we all 
know
> > and love (well, some of us anyway <g>).  Amazing.  I just removed 
the
> > article, it seems moot at this point.  I wonder what Epson's 
thinking
> > is on this...
> > 
> > Sarah, are you reading this?  Should make you a happy camper.  
BTW, in
> > the process of testing it I made a BO print (with the Epson MK) on
> > Merlin Natural and it looks very nice.  Even though there are no 
Eboni
> > carts for the 3800 right now I think a judicious choice of papers 
will
> > produce some good results.  But no doubt getting Eboni into it 
will be
> >  welcome.
> > 
> > Another thing I found with the 3800, which I don't like, is when 
you
> > select VFA paper it forces you to use the rear feeder and 
disallows
> > custom small paper sizes.  The 2400 allows VFA and small sizes 
into
> > the top sheet feeder.
> > 
> > Comparing 2400 and 3800 ABW prints - they are very close in tone, 
with
> > the 3800 versions being a bit more greenish.  All the other 
settings
> > as used in my simplified workflow work the same.  The driver 
interface
> > is laid out differently, but it's all pretty much the same.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Clayton
> > 
> > 
> > Info on black and white digital printing at    
> > http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> >
>