Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hill14701" <hill14701@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: R1800 versus HP 8750




Steve,

I've struggled with this one myself.  I have used pretty much every
system/ink and have
been elated and miserable - sometimes in the same day.  I switched to
MPIX.com for black
and white digital printing, but their quality has dropped in my view, as the
recent prints
are too soft or seemingly out of focus.

I currently use an HP 7660 for proofing, as it has excellent color and uses
the #59 BW
cartridge which I can pick up (expensive) locally.  As I print small,
cartridge prices aren't
really an issue; in 8 months of printing I'm on my second #59 cartridge that
is 80% full.

I am tired of the printer game.  As I can't afford a 100K continuous tone
printer, I just
truck down to the local wal-mart and use theirs.  The main problem is that
the Fuji
Frontier only prints to 8x12 - but that does not affect my work.  The black
and white tone
is slightly colder than my HP prints, but is not objectionable - and
exhibits no
metamarism - a remark often made of the HP B&W prints.  As it is a
continuous tone
machine, it exhibits no banding or posterization that my HP is prone to.
The lustre
surface is almost identical to that of Fuji's lustre, so prints hung
together match - that and
it is calibrated every morning.

Maybe in a few years I'll buy another Epson.  But the related costs are high
and it is just as
easy to drop off the files at Big Evil W.  Actually, I am heading out the
door right now to
drop off a print order.  Another good reason for the Fuji Frontier - 40
5x7's in less than an
hour...

Don

>
> I feel like the R1800 or 8750 will be great steps forward, but it's such a
> hard choice.
>
> Steve






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