Digital BW, The Print

On Mar 29, 2007, at 9:00 AM, atrembly2001 wrote:

> I'm guessing that the 2400 is the top of the Epson line.

At this time, yes. It has the inconvenience of needing to swap black carts 
when switching from matte to gloss media, but otherwise is state of the arts for 
Epson. The 2400 allows users a wide range of options for printing both color 
and B&W from the same machine, with the same inkset. This isn't really true of 
the other models you ask about; with them good B&W requires dedicating the 
printer to B&W only (or make full inkset swaps to change from color to B&W and 
back), and that you use specialized printing methods, usually including a RIP, 
and specialized control methods, usually involving curves or curves built into 
ICC profiles, to print properly to specific papers. Considering that these 
specialty methods is what this list is about, you'll hear a lot about them here. 
Whether they are an interesting area you wish to delve into, or a lot of time 
and effort you wish to avoid is a matter of personal preference. You will 
need to make that decision in conjunction with determining what printer model you 
buy, as the two are intertwined.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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