Digital BW, The Print

Chris;

Frankly, I was being a wise-ass; To do a no-swap with the R2400 you 
would have to dedicate the printer to B&W printing, because it 
involves putting your PK ink in the Cyan or Magenta cartridge ( a 
clean refillable one of course) and then learning how to make your 
own curves in QTR. If you aren't already doing something like this 
with another printer, the learning curve is steep. Really its only 
worth the trouble if you do enough printing of both types to install 
a CIS. Otherwise, swapping inks and keeping ABW and color is the 
lesser evil by far. If cost is an issue, consider refillable carts; 
You could either use 3rd party inks, or buy some 220ml Epson K3 carts 
from an online discount house, and simply drain them into bottles.

The R1800/1900 OTOH has both full-time, so you could do a very viable 
2k arrangement by putting an LK (or Eboni as Paul is doing) in the 
gloss position ( I printed like this for several months before adding 
a 3rd K), giving up only the occassional high-gloss print that needs 
gloss on the highlights.

Regards;

Steve Karafyllakis 


>
> >Steve K wrote:
> >Of course, you could have no-swap gloss & matt printing now with 
your
> >R2400-if you were willing to give up ABW.
> 
> Steve (or anyone),
> 
> Indeed, I would be willing to give up ABW for no-swap gloss & matt
> printing with the R2400, as I prefer a color-managed workflow with 
ICC
> profiles to ABW printing in most cases anyhow.  I know I sacrifice
> something in quality with certain prints, but for the most part I 
like
> the flexibility and WSIWYG results of doing my toning in Photoshop
> rather than in the Epson print driver.
> 
> How do I get the no-swap gloss & matt printing with the R2400?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
>