Digital BW, The Print

Lawrence,
    I'm sure you will get a lot of good answers to your questions
here.  Another good source is the Feb 2008 (current issue) of
Shutterbug Magazine.  This entire issue is devoted to B&W Photography.
    The article "A New B&W Inkjet Option" by David Brooks (whom I hold
in high regard)discusses setting up some Epson printers to be able to
print B&W using carbon inks and still use them a full time color printers.
    Hope you find this useful!  - Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Lawrence Beals"
<lbealsjr@...> wrote:
>
> I have an odd sort of dilemma here. I have a new in the box (only
> opened for inventory) Epson 2200 that I bought before the Navy decided
> to re-prioritize my life. Now that I am retired I am looking to get
> back into photography full time - I think the term is "selfishly
> employed". Most of what I have shot in the past couple of years has
> been split between weddings/portraits (which the printing for is
> handled mostly off site) and personal projects, mostly B&W landscapes
> and astrophotography.
> 
> So should I break out the 2200 or ebay it to someone who already has a
> 2200 workflow in place and buy a R2400 - especially since the local
> CompUSA has a bunch of R2400s and they are going out of business.
> Realistically, I would rather be out shooting than tweaking my
> printers. After spending 26 years doing nuclear power (and computer
> networking etc as a collateral duty) I am sure I can handled the tech
> side of things but would just rather be out shooting than slaving over
> a hot printer all day. I do want the ability to produce a print that
> is acceptable for gifting and hanging personally on site.
> 
> If I stay with the 2200 should I convert it right from the start to a
> B&W inkset or just play with the OEM inksets until I sort of the
> inevitable tech issues. I am using a MacPro desktop, but mostly
> directly booted into Win XP along with CS3 and Lightroom.
> 
> thoughts?
> 
> Lawrence
> 
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