Digital BW, The Print

Joost,


I agree with Greg, Tyler and others, the 9500 can make great prints,
albeit "slowly". As long as you use a black and at least 3-4 grays the
droplet size doesn't seem to be a factor. 5 grays is best.

As for the parallel port, USB adapters were easy to find, built by
Epson I believe. They worked seamlessly.

Regarding using the smaller (7x00) carts, I wouldn't try to install
them in a 9500 because you'll have a hell of a time getting them out!

The main advantages of these printers now is that
(a) it's easy to get the service manuals and be able to clean the
heads or reset counters that would otherwise stop you  from finishing
a job.
(b) as has been pointed out, the carts have no chips and that makes
life easier with third party inks
(c) low price for the size (all other factors considered)

The benefit of the newer machines is, of course, speed
but also the 7+ positions that allows for a more flexible inkset.
In the case of Canon, it also includes a set of gray inks that don't
bronze on glossy papers - which may or may not be a big deal to you.

If you lived in Los Angeles, I'd offer to sell you my 9500. It's
dedicated to a Piezo K7 bw inkset, has a bypass that drains the waste
ink into a bottle rather than the pads and has seen very light use.
It also has a USB adaptor. If anyone else is interested, you can
contact me at antonisphoto at gmail.com  The only catch is you pretty
much have to come and haul it away. Too big for me to crate.

Of course the way the dollar is going, it may be worth it for you to
come over from Holland and pick it up.... I'll take any Euros I can
get my hands on!...
: )

Antonis 







--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Joost Horsten"
<j.h.j.h@...> wrote:

....

> is this "antique" type of printer (6 inks, fixed 
> 10 pl droplets) able to create high quality B&W prints? I expect that 
> a 4K+ inkset is a no-go for this printer. But would a 
> Carbon/Eboni/Cone-6 give top-notch results? I am willing to give up 
> the toning/glossy capabilities of 4K+, but I am not pepared to settle 
> with substandard print quality. Then I'd rather look around further 
> for another 9500 or a cheaper 9600. 
> 
> Joost
>