Digital BW, The Print

It's not a dumb question.  The issue you're having is inherent with
all printers that don't have multiple black/gray inks. 

If it's possible to only print with the black ink ("black only") you
may be able to avoid the color casts but possibly at the expense of
smoothness.  If the driver doesn't have a black only checkbox there is
a shareware program called QTR which may make this possible.  Try a
search.

The other thing you can do is hope that a better printer profile can
make the color casts less obvious.  Sites like inkjetart.com and
Cathy's profiles can give you custom profiles for under $40USD.

If you're just looking for an affordable printing platform for casual
prints consider the HP 8450 or similar HP printers (7960, 8750) which
have multiple gray inks.  You'll be limited as to paper choice and I
don't think the inks are archival (I have a B&W print from a similar
HP from 2 years ago that has started to shift colors).

Otherwise consider one of the printers listed at paulroark.com which
can take a dedicated B&W inkset which is what I do with several Epsons.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, run4alife@... wrote:
>
> this may sound dumb and as a teacher of social studies I always say
there  is 
> no such thing as a dumb question so hear it goes.......
> I have been trying to print black and white pictures for a while
now. i  have 
> a Canon photo printer but it mixes color even when you want just
black and  
> white.
> So i have been lurking here a while and reading that a Epson printer
is  most 
> likely the best way to go...so i bought one yesterday a Epson stylus
Photo  
> R280. Same problem...prints don't come out black and white...any 
suggestions?
> i tried grayscale with a photo setting for the paper still not black
and  
> white!
> any help would be appreciated
> Debbie
>