Digital BW, The Print

Hey everyone,

I read Clayton's article and I am interested in trying BO printing.  I currently have an HP 
Photosmart 7350, and while it prints color in 2400 dpi, when told to use only the black 
cartridge switches to 1200dpi.  The few test prints I made left me dissappointed because I 
thought the dots would be much less visible than they were.  I have not been able to find 
out if the Epson R200 does the same (switch to 1200dpi)...I'm basically trying to figure out 
whether or not it's worth buying a R200 over what I currently have or waiting until I can 
get something better.  

Thanks!  Brian

The R200 prints up to 2880 and doesn't switch dpi like your other 
printer...prints excellent B/O using the MIS Eboni black ink, and a 
refurb only costs $75 w/free shipping from epson.com. You can then 
sell the oem ink carts on ebay for $40-50, and buy the blank carts 
and bulk pigment ink from MIS. But don't run dye inks through the 
printer and then switch to pigments; you might end up with clogging; 
rather run only pigment inks.... I've had nothing but fine results 
with the R200, have sold several prints from it, had many positive 
compliments on the B/O prints, and only one brief clog after not 
running it for 2 weeks on the Y nozzle.
Mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brianechapman" 
<brianechapman@y...> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I read Clayton's article and I am interested in trying BO 
printing.  I currently have an HP 
> Photosmart 7350, and while it prints color in 2400 dpi, when told 
to use only the black 
> cartridge switches to 1200dpi.  The few test prints I made left me 
dissappointed because I 
> thought the dots would be much less visible than they were.  I have 
not been able to find 
> out if the Epson R200 does the same (switch to 1200dpi)...I'm 
basically trying to figure out 
> whether or not it's worth buying a R200 over what I currently have 
or waiting until I can 

> get something better.  
> 
> Thanks!  Brian
>

Thanks Mark!  And thanks for the tips on selling the carts - I don't think I would have 
thought of that!

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mark_roth_505" <mark@m...> 
wrote:

>
> The R200 prints up to 2880 and doesn't switch dpi like your other 
> printer...prints excellent B/O using the MIS Eboni black ink, and a 
> refurb only costs $75 w/free shipping from epson.com. You can then 
> sell the oem ink carts on ebay for $40-50, and buy the blank carts 
> and bulk pigment ink from MIS. But don't run dye inks through the 
> printer and then switch to pigments; you might end up with clogging; 
> rather run only pigment inks.... I've had nothing but fine results 
> with the R200, have sold several prints from it, had many positive 
> compliments on the B/O prints, and only one brief clog after not 
> running it for 2 weeks on the Y nozzle.
> Mark
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brianechapman" 
> <brianechapman@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> > I read Clayton's article and I am interested in trying BO 
> printing.  I currently have an HP 
> > Photosmart 7350, and while it prints color in 2400 dpi, when told 
> to use only the black 
> > cartridge switches to 1200dpi.  The few test prints I made left me 
> dissappointed because I 
> > thought the dots would be much less visible than they were.  I have 
> not been able to find 
> > out if the Epson R200 does the same (switch to 1200dpi)...I'm 
> basically trying to figure out 
> > whether or not it's worth buying a R200 over what I currently have 
> or waiting until I can 
> > get something better.  
> > 
> > Thanks!  Brian
> >
>