Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 10/12/2004 10:30:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

Do you  use the 4000 for BW?  If so, is it better than other 
printers?---  


No, the 4000 is for color only. I got the 2200 for B&W, but I hate  little 
carts and CFS systems and I don't want variable tone, just neutral. I  like DX3 
heads, variable dots (3 picoliters in this case)big carts, and tray  feed, 
like the so I just got used 5500 (rugged machine) at a good price, which  should 
let me adapt Paul's curves (or no curves) like he did on the 2000P with  the 
MIS-FSN inks (Eboni-CMCMY). For big stuff I have a 7500 with UT-1, which I  
will convert to UT-FSN also, so they kinda match (I will figure out a way to  
make them). I want to do matte and Ilford Pearl prints on the 5500. This will be  
my 7th, and hopefully, final,  piezo BW printer (1200, 3000, 1160, 860,  
7500, 2200). I don't mind squirting 90 ml of inks into a big cart for refill,  but 
these little carts drive me nuts, as do the CFS units.
 
Sheet printing is more demanding of finer dots since the images are viewed  
closer up, so I don't mind the coarser dots of the 7500 on large prints and 
want  finer dots, tray fed, sheet printing, gloss/matte, pro DX3 heads, and big 
squirt  refills with 2 sets of carts (one on the printer, and a spare set 
that's always  full).
 
Claude


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Hi,
I'm just curious - sometimes I print with the duotones or quadtones that come with Photoshop - how good a job does the 2000P do with these? Is metamerism marked when printing toned BW prints like this?

many thanks in advance,
Richard
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