Digital BW, The Print

Hi,
I thought about the UT-14 or other full inksets
too, but I´m fascinated by the beauty and simplicity
of BO and of course the I can print color with the same printer.

Marcus
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>   From: luxlebis 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:28 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] r1800 and mk-3 or r1400 for BO-printing
>   Hello..
>   From personal experience, and what I've read, I would definitely go with th 1400 with MIS UT-14 inkset..I've been using this combo since November with great results (IMHO)..good Luck!
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>   Eddie
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>   Hi,
>   I printed some very very nice looking BO-prints
>   with my claria r280 (r285 here in Germany) printer an the claria black ink. With the qtr-profiles from 
>   Carl Schofield (thanks for these) I did some prints on Harman
>   Fiber Base Gloss and Epson Premium Gloss, which really look 
>   good and (esp the harman) make me think seriously about giving up my darkroom
>   if I could have this bigger than letter-size. 
>   Now I want to go on in b&w black only printing and
>   I´m thinking about buying (ebay) an r1800 (and the mis inks for mk-3 on matte papers) or an r1400
>   (claria- BO on Harman fiber base gl.) If I put longetivety and the glossy-matte question
>   aside.
>   What difference concerning smoothness, image-tone, and "look" can I aspect from
>   the two different aproaches. I hope there are some people out there wo have seen 
>   prints from both systems.
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>   Marcus
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