Digital BW, The Print

Hi all, 

I've entered in digital world recently, and I'm shooting with the 
Olympus E-1. 

I print color with the EPSON R800, but BW printing is not good enough 
for me (there is metamerism). I don´t know if there is any software 
(imageprint...) for the R800 which works well, or if it´s worth 
buying a new printer for BW, with four gray cartdriges 
(piezography,...). 

I apologise for my poor english. Thank you !!

Hello Iban,
   I have an R800 which does quite well with color using the Epson
special ICC files for each paper. However, printing BW on Premium
Glossy gives a print with significant color changes under different
lights, reaching an obvious purple with flourescent. The Matte gives
less metamerism, but tends to greenish areas, again worst under
flourescent light. The effects will vary with the print . In general,
an 8x10 under glass will not be noted by the average viewer.
There is no utlility to del with the problems at the current time.
Among the desktops, only the HP 7960 or similar HPs (7660) can give a
true neutral print. However, the HPs often cause linear roller tracks
on the prints. In the meantime, the R800 can be used with sepia toning
in PS to give good prints if they are suitable for such toning.

                            Stuart
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ibengarmendia"
<iban123@h...> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> I've entered in digital world recently, and I'm shooting with the 
> Olympus E-1. 
> 
> I print color with the EPSON R800, but BW printing is not good enough 
> for me (there is metamerism). I don´t know if there is any software 
> (imageprint...) for the R800 which works well, or if it´s worth 
> buying a new printer for BW, with four gray cartdriges 
> (piezography,...). 
> 
> I apologise for my poor english. Thank you !!

I have both an R800 for color and an 1160 set up for Piezography.  I 
printed a grayscale image on the R800 as a test and found it to be 
pretty good with, to my eyes, little metamerism.  If that quality is 
unacceptable to you, I would think that a quad black system is the 
only thing that will satisfy you.

Michael Wade

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, "ibengarmendia" 
<iban123@h...> wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I've entered in digital world recently, and I'm shooting with the 
> Olympus E-1. 
> 
> I print color with the EPSON R800, but BW printing is not good 
enough 

> for me (there is metamerism). I don´t know if there is any software 
> (imageprint...) for the R800 which works well, or if it´s worth 
> buying a new printer for BW, with four gray cartdriges 
> (piezography,...). 
> 
> I apologise for my poor english. Thank you !!