My first inkjet printer was the Epson 1270. I scanned some of my old 4x5 negs and printed them on Archival Matte paper. I fell completely in love with the results, which was a little puzzling because I had read that the 1270 wasn't really that great for B&W. I thought I'd like to get more serious about this B&W printing thing so I bought an Epson r1800 and dedicated greyscale inks. And was disappointed. After hours & hours of testing with different papers and settings (and QTR) I just couldn't achieve the look I had fallen in love with with the 1270. Long story short, pigment inks just can't achieve the same d-max as dyes. Assuming that I'm not interested in my prints lasting hundreds of years -- a couple of decades would be nice -- are there any printers or 3rd party inksets that have greyscale dye inks?
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I think I want to go back to dye ink.
2007-10-23 by i_3d_c