Digital BW, The Print

Don't spend any more on printer for now.

I've been using a 2100 - same as the 2200 but for some reason America likes to have different names for everything (even Harry Potter books - it's one of the world's puzzles for me) ... with Quad Tone Rip ($50) you will get excellent BW results with Ultrachrome inks on mat paper.

If you want to use lustre paper you'll have to use spray to get rid of the bronzing.

It's a better printer than people give it credit for, with Epson inks.

I print for people who want A3+ exhibition prints and they're all happy.

I do need to upgrade, but more for size than anything. BW prints are perfectly good with Quadtone Rip.

Feel free to email me about  it.

Richard

At 08:21 a.m. Wednesday 9/07/2008, you wrote:

>I have an Epson 2200 and am very happy with the color results I've
>been able to achieve with it, but now I wish to do more black & white
>printing without setting up a wet darkroom.
>
>Browsing earlier messages here there seems to be many who say "don't
>bother" and others who point to exotic software and third party ink
>sets. Maybe it would be easier to set up a darkroom after all :(.
>
>Is there a modestly priced printer for sizes up to 11x14 with which it
>is relatively easy to achieve great B&W results?
>
> 

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   to be a war President. No President wants to be a war 
   President, but I am one."

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