Digital BW, The Print

Hello 2200 Users,

Daniel reported that with his 2100 and Photo Black ink, even when
choosing "black ink" the 2100 still uses all the inks.  Only when
using Matte Black ink will it print black only.  I'm wondering if this
is specific to the 2100 or is also a feature of the 2200.  Can anyone
verify this?

Regards, - cj

I have a 2200 and when you select black only in the epson driver set 
up it warns you that it will not print acceptably with only the black 
inks selected, but it will do it.  This is true with the photo black 
cartridge, I have not yet used the matte black ink.

The warning is accurate however.  The result is a tonally neutral 
print but with very obvious dots.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones 
<cj@c...>" <cj@c...> wrote:
> Hello 2200 Users,
> 
> Daniel reported that with his 2100 and Photo Black ink, even when
> choosing "black ink" the 2100 still uses all the inks.  Only when
> using Matte Black ink will it print black only.  I'm wondering if 
this
> is specific to the 2100 or is also a feature of the 2200.  Can 
anyone

> verify this?
> 
> Regards, - cj

I'm curious about the "obvious dots". Is this at 1440 or higher dpi?
My 1280 printing with just the black ink at 1440 has dots, but you
need a lupe to see them. I know they are different printers and
different inks. I wonder if something in the 2200 causes this aspect
to take a step backward. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lomoeye
<james.stogdill@v...>" <james.stogdill@v...> wrote:

> I have a 2200 and when you select black only in the epson driver set 
> up it warns you that it will not print acceptably with only the black 
> inks selected, but it will do it.  This is true with the photo black 
> cartridge, I have not yet used the matte black ink.
> 
> The warning is accurate however.  The result is a tonally neutral 
> print but with very obvious dots.
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones 
> <cj@c...>" <cj@c...> wrote:
> > Hello 2200 Users,
> > 
> > Daniel reported that with his 2100 and Photo Black ink, even when
> > choosing "black ink" the 2100 still uses all the inks.  Only when
> > using Matte Black ink will it print black only.  I'm wondering if 
> this
> > is specific to the 2100 or is also a feature of the 2200.  Can 
> anyone
> > verify this?
> > 
> > Regards, - cj

On my 1280 in some prints I can see what might be called "obvious 
dots".  But I don't think they're actually the dots of ink from the 
printer.  They're very small dots that are actually in the digital 
image itself as results of posterization in either the camera capture 
or more probably the jpeg compression.  At least that's my conjecture 
at the moment.

Herbert Sitz


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob_Michaels 
<Bob@B...>" <Bob@B...> wrote:

> I'm curious about the "obvious dots". Is this at 1440 or higher dpi?
> My 1280 printing with just the black ink at 1440 has dots, but you
> need a lupe to see them. I know they are different printers and
> different inks. I wonder if something in the 2200 causes this aspect
> to take a step backward. 
> Bob Michaels
>