Digital BW, The Print

I'm just checking in to see of there have been any significant new 
developments in digital BW printing.    Last time I was here (6 
months or so ago?)  the major choices (in no particular order) were:

Dedicated (usually Epson) BW printer with 3rd party 
quadtone/hextone/septone inks

Epson 2200 with native inks and a RIP (Epson seems to have 
discontinued their $200 RIP, leaving 3rd party RIPS $400 and up).   
The RIP is necessary to solve the inherent metamerism in the U/C 
inks.

Epson 2200 using only the black ink.

Are there any significant new options since then?   I saw an HP 
printer in a CompUSA that looked like it had pretty good BW but it 
was only 8x10 and they wouldn't let me take a print home to check 
for metamerism.  Does Epson have any serious printer competition 
from anyone?

Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 11:55:01 AM, you wrote:

PN> I'm just checking in to see of there have been any significant new
PN> developments in digital BW printing.  

Nope, nothing new.  You can go now.   ;-)

Actually a bit new, UT7 inks, some new printers, yadda, yadda, yadda.
And of course the new headaches that go with. I've become a solid BO
man with my 2200 and the MIS Eboni black ink and using different
papers to get from cool to warm and in between. Simple, easy, cheap
and gives a vibrance and luminescence I have yet to see in any of the
more complex workflow/ink set solutions. Dots?  Hold the print more
than 6 inches from your face!

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Best regards,
 Richard                            mailto:richard@...