Digital BW, The Print

Dear groupmebers,

I am completely new to BW printing (although not to digital imaging,
photoshop, etc), and have a question about HP printers.

Due to the almost complete lack of mentions to HP inkjet printers, I
get the impression that they are completely ill suited for producing
good quality B&W prints.

I have an HP 5550 photo inkjet printer. Is it not even possible to get
good quality prints from it? Is anyone in the group aware of
alternative inks that can be used on it?

Thanks, and sorry for the novice question.

Regards,
Rodrigo Fonseca

Hello,
 HP has recently come out with an inkjet printer that is supposed to 
be quite good. It's the hp7960, i think. You might want to look on 
dpreview under printing forum. There was quite a bit of discussion 
about it.

Regards,


Tim

>I am completely new to BW printing (although not to digital imaging,
>photoshop, etc), and have a question about HP printers.
>
>Due to the almost complete lack of mentions to HP inkjet printers, I
>get the impression that they are completely ill suited for producing
>good quality B&W prints.
>
>I have an HP 5550 photo inkjet printer. Is it not even possible to get
>good quality prints from it? Is anyone in the group aware of
>alternative inks that can be used on it?
>
>Thanks, and sorry for the novice question.

The HP 7960, 7760, and 7660 printers, using a "59" cartridge that contains
black and two gray inks, are capable of producing B&W prints of outstanding
quality. The drawbacks are that paper no wider than 8-1/2" can be used, and
that the best results (in terms of tonality, surface uniformity, and
longevity) are obtained with HP's own Premium Plus paper, which is
available in high-gloss and medium-gloss finishes but not in a true matte
surface. Within those constraints, the prints are almost indistinguishable
from very good state-of-the-art RC prints or even fiber prints, are
projected to have an even longer archival life, and allow the image to be
fine-tuned using all the Photoshop capabilities with which you are familiar.

The 7660 printer itself costs a little over $100, and costs for ink and
paper are approximately $1.70 per print (6 x 9" image size).

-- Nick

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Currently, my local CompUSA has the 7660 refurb's for
79.00 (Grand Rapids, Michigan) but it may be a
national sale.

The nice thing about these printers is that the print
head is on the cartridge itself, so if it clogs you
are not out a printer...  I can't quite see what or
why mine is a refurb (perfect condition, excellent
prints), but this printer is quite amazing with 6x9
images.

Don
Recovering Epson Addict


> 
> The 7660 printer itself costs a little over $100,
> and costs for ink and
> paper are approximately $1.70 per print (6 x 9"
> image size).
> 
> -- Nick
> 



		
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "D. Hill" 
<hill14701@y...> wrote:
> Currently, my local CompUSA has the 7660 refurb's for
> 79.00 (Grand Rapids, Michigan) but it may be a
> national sale.
> 
> The nice thing about these printers is that the print
> head is on the cartridge itself, so if it clogs you
> are not out a printer...  I can't quite see what or
> why mine is a refurb (perfect condition, excellent
> prints), but this printer is quite amazing with 6x9
> images.
> 
> Don
> Recovering Epson Addict
> 
> 
> > 
> > The 7660 printer itself costs a little over $100,
> > and costs for ink and
> > paper are approximately $1.70 per print (6 x 9"
> > image size).
> > 
> > -- Nick
> > 
> 
> 

Don or anybody,

Have you tried printing pans with this printer? Does it do "user 
size"?  I'd like to print long pics on roll paper. 

AZ

Max print size with my 7960: 21,6 cm x 35,5 cm.
If anyone knows how to print longer pictures...

> 
> Have you tried printing pans with this printer? Does it do "user 
> size"?  I'd like to print long pics on roll paper. 
> 
> AZ