Digital BW, The Print

drewt8t wrote:
> I guess it is rather new. No problems. Back to finding a cheap R230!
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Drew Tait
> <drewt8@...> wrote:
>> I have seen the new Espon R280/R290 printer and I was wondering if
>> anyone had any experience with them yet? They are reportedly faster than
>> the R220/R230 which they replace and the OEM carts are high capacity and
>> not much dearer that the OEM R220 carts. Of course I would be
>> particularly interested if BO printing was possible...


Hi Drew

I bought an R290 for printing on CDs and DVDs, which I have just set up 
and tested.

I have not used any of the other small desktop printers, so I can't 
compare with them.

I can report that the Windows driver does not offer a 'Black Only' 
option, just a 'Greyscale' option which produces a mono print with a 
magenta cast. I did a 2400 spi flatbed scan of the print, and it showed 
lots of dots of colour ink -- see a little sample here: 
http://www.marquis-kyle.com.au/images/R290.jpg

Peter Marquis-Kyle