Digital BW, The Print

Clayton,

thank you very much for the advice and related reading list. I think I
will go for the 2400 as soon as I can have the cash. Meanwhile I've
bought a book on digital b&w printing with photoshop which looks quite
good.

I am now in Helsinki for work and have enjoyed the weekend taking some
 photos of this beautiful city! I cannot wait to get back home to
start playing with photoshop

Ciao
Al
 
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Al,
> 
> >I've joined this group and already read endless articles on printing
> >and search through past posts and polls reagrding the printing side.
> >My main aim is to work with digital balck and white.
> > 
> >I am willing to invest a few £100s if that will give me a good
> >quality. Would anyone be so kind to recommend a good printer that,
> >among other things, will allow me experiment various printing
> >techniques/combinations including the BO printing
> 
> The first thing to decide is what size prints you want to make.  If a
> letter size printer will do (8x10 prints), then the best way to get
> started is with an R220.  They're out of production now but can still
> be found on Ebay and some online vendors for around $100 or so.  The
> 220 has the Black Only option and also has refillable carts and chips
> available, which means it can be used with many different ink sets,
> some of which don't require a RIP (see article #10 at the link below).
>  So it's a great printer for learning and experimenting and is capable
> of top notch results.
> 
> It is replaced by the R260 which unfortunately doesn't have the BO
> option, and carts/chips aren't available for it yet (I think-someone
> correct me if that's wrong).  So it's not an option right now.
> 
> The R800 ($300+) does have carts/chips, but is quite more expensive
> and requires a RIP for BW no matter what ink set you use.
> 
> Moving up to a 13" printer (11x14 prints) there is the 1800 (big
> brother to the 800, $500+) and the 2400 (uses K3 inks and has ABW
> mode, doesn't need a RIP, $700+).  
> 
> It all depends on how much you want to spend and how you want to work.
> This is just a brief overview, hope it helps.  
> 
>  
> >I am sure there is a good article/review somewhere to discuss this
> >very topic. Could you point me to any reading I can do to make an
> >informed decision please
> 
> There are several articles on BW digital printing at the link below.
> 
> 
> 
> >I know the D300 is just about to come out...
> 
> This forum is dedicated to printing issues and tends to stay on focus,
> so is not the right place to start a camera discussion.  I recommend
> the Nikon forum at dpreview.com
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>