Digital BW, The Print

I'm new to digital printing.  I usually shoot black  and white negatives and print them in the darkroom.  Recently I purchased a 6 megapixel digital camera and am looking for a printer.  Which printer would you recommend that can give good digital black and white prints, comparable to prints using traditonal methods.   Am planning to enlarge prints  to 8x10 to 11 x14. Thanks in advance.
 
Irwin


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Epson...the best so far seems to be the 2200, which
has the most archival pigment inks, but there are many
considerations.  Stick around and search the
archives...there's a great book I just bought,
Mastering Digital Printing, by Harald Johnson, which
really goes deeply into the subject.

Isabel
P.S.  There is no simple way of getting a good digital
print.  It requires a bit of study

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There are three printers that can give you the b&w digital prints 
that you're looking for.

The Epson 1280, the Epson 1160 and the Epson 2200. Of these, the 
Epson 1160 is still available new in the UK, but not in North America.

To go along your printer you'll need to choose an inkset. 
Visit these two suppliers:
www.inksupply.com  (The Ultra-Tones Inkset)
www.inkjetmall.com  (The PiezoTones inkset)

You'll need to decide if you want to use ink carts or 4 oz. bottled 
ink with a continous ink supply. These are called CIS or CFS 
depending on the supplier.

With inkcarts you'll do about 20-25 8x10 prints while with the CFS or 
CIS system, at least 10 times more. A CFS-CIS is costlier to start 
with but a lot cheaper in the long run.

I use the Ultra-Tones inkset, with gives me a choice of 4 tones of 
b&w plus its longivity is one of the best, on a par with the 
PiezoTones. 

For paper, start with the Epson Enhanced Matt. Its a very paper for 
b&w and will give you a basis against which to judge the other papers.

Good luck,
Andre








--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Isabel Cutler 
<billswife_1999@y...> wrote:

> Epson...the best so far seems to be the 2200, which
> has the most archival pigment inks, but there are many
> considerations.  Stick around and search the
> archives...there's a great book I just bought,
> Mastering Digital Printing, by Harald Johnson, which
> really goes deeply into the subject.
> 
> Isabel
> P.S.  There is no simple way of getting a good digital
> print.  It requires a bit of study
> 
> =====
> http://www.pbase.com/isabel95