Digital BW, The Print

I don't have a B9180 but have an HP Z3100.  I've been following the discussions about B&W printing in this group and have to say that out of the box my HP printer is giving me superb tonal range without any special tweaking.  What I've benefited from in this group is the discussions on converting color to B&W and learning about some of the new papers that people are using for B&W printing.   
   
  I got away from using Epson's because of all of the clogging problems. Also, my experience with HP inks is that they last much longer than Epson inks.  Perhaps that is because my printer came with an on-board spectophotometer that creates very accurate profiles of the papers that I use but I just find that it uses far less inks than the Epson 4000 or 7800 that I formerly used.  My plan is to purchase a B9180 in the near future for smaller prints.  I recommend giving the HP a very close look. 


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