Digital BW, The Print

Okay, my main choices are down to three.  I am going to dedicate an 1100 or 1400 to QTR/MIS B&W.

Also, I am going to go to a second printer as a main color (always matte) and occasional B&W glossy.  Print sizes aside (I haven't hathe desire for 16x20 since darkroom days, which of the following will give the least fits?  I am gettng too old for tantrums.

Since I have a plethora of MIS K4, all I would have to replace is the M/LM inks.

2880, 3000, or 3880?  (An aside, it frosts my butt that Epson would put in WiFi without RJ45 also; and, 10/100 and gigabit)

The 2880 seems to be a continuation of R2400 frustrations with feeding.

The 3000 Seems to be a 2880 with both blacks at $150 more.

The 3880 seems to be a true pro build.

So, here it is:
All three vary in pl size from 2-3.5. Does it really matter?

Is the 2880 really an improvement over the 2400?

Does the 3.5pl of the 3880 reduce the amount of head clogging with K3/K4?

Does the 3000 have the feed issues of 2400/2880 with art papers?

Is ABW even NEAR archival (MIS EBoni/LK/LLK) now in a 3000 or 3880? Or, with QTR control?

Thanks for the input,

Seth

"sethrus" <seth@...> wrote:
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> Okay, my main choices are down to three.  I am going to dedicate an 1100 or 1400 to QTR/MIS B&W.


QTR does not support the 1100.


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> Is ABW even NEAR archival (MIS EBoni/LK/LLK) now in a 3000 or 3880? Or, with QTR control?

See page 1 of http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-4-Plus.pdf for a comparison of carbon v. ABW v. neutralized third party B&W.

There is no one solution that does it all.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com