Digital BW, The Print

At 05:41 a.m. Monday 21/07/2008, you wrote:
>I since bought an HPB9180, which cost 35% the price of the Epsons + CIS, 
>and so far, at 8m old, has been no trouble at all. It just works. I never 
>need to do a nozzle check even when left unused for a month, thamks to its 
>daily self-clean maintenance cycle - which BTW uses almost no ink as it 
>only cleans problematic nozzles. I did think about a 3800, but my Epson 
>clog traumas and the ludicrous PK/MK swap regime put me off.

Hi Tony,
you don't have to swap MK/PK with the 3800. 

The HP is interesting, but there are two things that make me hesitate about this printer: 
1. BW can't be toned in the driver.
2. No LLK, only Light Gray (same as Light Black?)

How have you found these features impact on your BW printing?

Richard


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