Digital BW, The Print

André,

With the R2400 you get very good color prints, and also can use the
Advanced Black and White (ABW)  mode, which produces very nice B&W but
uses some color. Alternatively, you could use QTR and use only the
black inks but I think that in most papers the print will not be
neutral. If you add some color you can get neutral prints with QTR and
still avoid the yellow pigment, which is less lightfast than the other
colors. ABW uses some yellow. The R2400 also produces nice B&W prints
in rgb mode, provided that a good profile is used.

The following sites have very good information that is available
thanks to the generousity of Clinton Jones and Paul Roark, two of the
experts of the group. You might find them usefull if you decide to
consider the R2400.

http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/2400.pdf

Best wishes,

Manuel

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andre Vallejo da
Silva" <mastologia@...> wrote:
>
> This is a recurrent issue,but as gear is changing all the time...
> 
> Is there a current printer,with more than two black inks (three would
> be ideal)A3+ format,that can be fed with MIS pigment bulk ink and that
> by using the  right driver,will be able to print in color and neutral
> BW(using the black and gray inks only)? Or am I demanding to much? (yet)
> 
> Maybe the R1800 could be used to do that if there was the proper
> driver and the right profiles made with,for example PrintFixPro?
> 
> Best,
> André
>