Digital BW, The Print

My R800 has only *two* black inks -- matte and photo black -- and no
gray, so the native Epson driver will only print with one black ink.
You will definitely need to use a RIP and third-party inks for quality
b&w with this printer.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall"
<jrandall@...> wrote:
>
> Alan:  Other than printer cost the big decission you have to make is 
> OEM inksets that can also print color or 3rd party inksets that are 
> optimized for B/W only.  The OEM inks and native Epson drivers create 
> very good/excellent B/W prints with the 2400 right out of the box --
> hence the strong recommendations.  The R1800/R800 printer, although it 
> has 3 black/gray inks, only uses 2 at any one time with the Epson 
> driver.  For smoothness I've found you need 3 or 4 black/gray inks.  
> Therefore if you go the R1800/R800 route, you will need to go the rip 
> and third party inks (I use QTR and modified MIS inkset described by 
> Paul Roark -- MIS K4+Ccm.  www.paulroark.com
>