Digital BW, The Print

The 7600 really is teh last, best user servicable print engine.  Kind of like cars that you could actually work on yourself. ;>)

I consider them generic devices thgrough which you can put whatever ink set you choose.  They are built to industrial standard, yet cost less than an Epson 2400 used nowadays, $500 or less. Most have only a liter or two of ink through them.

I set up one 7600 last year with a variation of Paul's C6 ink set.  I also made a 5K+GLOP ink set using Epson BPhoto Black. I was quite happy with the results of both. 

Now I am going to make a new ink set using the HP Vivera Photo Black, per Paul's latest experimentation. 

I am going to go photo black (glossy) only.  After the release of the baryta papers I decided to abandon matte papers for most purposes. Makes life much simpler. 

Longevity seems sufficient, I am not hyper-obsessed about no OBA's, etc.  No-one cares that much about my images!  ;>)

Cheers folks, sorry for the long absence. Trying to manage pain problems.  

Thanks too to Tyler in the past for hjelping to define/refine the photo black GLOP process. I finally found an e-mail from you from last August in trash from Yahoo (too much spam there, unfortunately)

Best,
Michael