I've heard several conflicting reports about this. I think that until one
of us who knows how to do quad printing actually gets to work with one of
these printers with our own images you simply can't draw any conclusions.
Test prints can be very, very misleading. I have no doubt, however, that
these machines are going to be a great (although very expensive with respect
to ink) color option.
Robert
On 5/17/02 7:45 PM, "marktuckerdotcom" <mtucker508@...> wrote:
> [This post from Royce Bair, on the Epson9000 list. Epson just
> demoed the new printers for dealers. Sounds like the B/W
> imagery is pretty promising. Royce has a good FAQ page on his
> site; it's listed at the bottom. He's a dealer, but he's also known
> to be very fair and objective. I know most of you print on 13x19,
> but I'd assume that the bulk of this would apply to that new 2100,
> or 2200, or whatever it's called. -MT]
>
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>
> (snip)
>
> I just returned from Epson dealer training on the 7600/9600
> printers. One of the interesting items we saw there were a
> couple of B/W prints on Epson's new Somerset Velvet 505gsm
> fine art paper. Talk about neutral. They were gorgeous! Both
> were printed with the UltraChrome pigmented inkset, using all 7
> inks.
>
> We also saw a video click interview with Mac Holbert, master
> printer for Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach. Holbert said that
> his 9600 gave him "beautiful black and white right out of the box."
> He felt the 9600 prints were "good enough to sell as B/W", and
> that he had yet to meet a customer that was unhappy with the
> B/W output of the 9600. (Keep in mind that the 7600's output is
> identical to the 9600 -- just 24" wide, and $2000 less.)
>
> Royce Bair
> Inkjetart - A division of The Stock Solution
> Visit our 7600/9600 info page:
> http://www.inkjetart.com/pro/7600_9600/
>
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