Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> "luxlebis" <luxlebis@> wrote:
> >
> > I printed some very very nice looking BO-prints
> > with my claria r280 (r285 here in Germany) ...
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> If your 1400 doesn't microband (and my 1400 does not to any significant extent) the Claria BO will be smoother but also a bit greener.  The tone can be corrected with the Claria color inks if it's a problem.  You ought to be able to get prints with the 1400 and Claria that are at least as good as with your R285.
> 
> (Then when you want to move up to pigments, HP Z3100 PK does very well in the 1400.)
> 
> The 1800 needs the 3MK workflow to avoid microbanding, in my experience.  The matte prints will have a graininess in the midtones that some find a bit rough if, for example, you have a plain gray sky.  For most images, I find the 3MK workflow sufficiently smooth.
> 
> My 1400 with Eboni BO is smoother than the 1800 3MK.  In general, a single channel of Eboni is smoother that multiple channels, but a single channel is more likely to microband.  So, in part, with these black only approaches, the fewer black inks one needs to hide the microbanding, the smoother the print.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
Hallo Paul,
thanks for your advice. Maybe I
try eboni-BO first in my letter-size
r285. In my claria BO-prints microbanding
is no problem. The problem is I can´t switch
just the black catridge as far as I know. 
Is this possible with the r1400? If that is possible I
can switch between claria and eboni-BO for
matte and glossy fiberbase prints and can
have glossy-color prints. I think
this would be perfect for me.

Marcus