Digital BW, The Print

So...as the smoke clears, I resist the temptations of Epson's 
upcoming 4000 and contemplate replacing my faithful 1270 
(possibly for sale, cheap; inquire via e-mail if interested) with a 
2200. But for the moment, I think I'll want to keep my 1160 to 
work alongside the 2200, at least for a while (hmm...some would 
say to keep the 1270 and sell the 1160, but...), since I seem to 
have the quad thing more or less down with that printer. But I'm 
curious about the color *and* b/w possibilities with the 2200, 
along with the requisite frustrations that printer might also bring 
with it. (All this and a new film scanner, too - profile sessions 
ahead).

Has anyone managed to get a 2200 to even semi-successfully 
replace a former two-printer setup (assuming you print both 
color & b/w) without a ton of agony?  This inquiring mind would 
love to know by week's end.

- Barrett

Ihave seen beautiful blacks on a 2200 but you must print with all colors and it is VERY 
paper sensitive.  Epson Velvet does well and some of the fine art papers don't, 
surprisingly.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "amateriat" 
<bwbenton@b...> wrote:

> So...as the smoke clears, I resist the temptations of Epson's 
> upcoming 4000 and contemplate replacing my faithful 1270 
> (possibly for sale, cheap; inquire via e-mail if interested) with a 
> 2200. But for the moment, I think I'll want to keep my 1160 to 
> work alongside the 2200, at least for a while (hmm...some would 
> say to keep the 1270 and sell the 1160, but...), since I seem to 
> have the quad thing more or less down with that printer. But I'm 
> curious about the color *and* b/w possibilities with the 2200, 
> along with the requisite frustrations that printer might also bring 
> with it. (All this and a new film scanner, too - profile sessions 
> ahead).
> 
> Has anyone managed to get a 2200 to even semi-successfully 
> replace a former two-printer setup (assuming you print both 
> color & b/w) without a ton of agony?  This inquiring mind would 
> love to know by week's end.
> 
> - Barrett