Digital BW, The Print

Tony's recital of the issues printing glossy black-and-white with the 
8850 and 9180 are the reasons I've stuck with HP's Photosmart 8750 Pro, 
which does wonderfully with HP's Premium Plus glossy and 
satin/soft-gloss papers (yep, the Vivera inks used in the 8750 are 
primarily dyes, but appear to be *quite* stable with HP's swellable 
papers). THe 8750, alas, was discontinued some months back, with no 
mention of a replacement. The bese we can hope for now is for a little 
more of the Z-series' tech to trickle down to HP's 13-inch-carrier line 
(GLOP would be a good start). Meanwhile, my 8750 stays put.


- Barrett