Digital BW, The Print

First off, my sincerest gratitude to the founders of this group.
Reading my buns off and there's plenty of good info to be had, but
nothing touching on my question.

I have a Canon iP6000D. This is a quick and reliable printer for color
photos and standard printing tasks. However, it's not worth a penny as
a B&W printer, casting heavily. I attempted to BO it and got a print
that did not reflect the gray areas of my neg. Not bad, and my son had
a blast coloring them, but they're not suitable for sale or display.

Question 1 - Clayton, or others... have you any knowledge of Canon
printers and whether or not they can be made to work as black-only
with good results?

Question 2 - My preferred print-stock is Ilford Smooth Fine Art rags.
If I go with a C86 (non-BO, full grey-set from MIS), should this be a
problem?

Thanks, and I await your advice with bated breath.

Sincerely,
CE Nelson

http://nelsonfoto.com
http://nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/index.php

Hello CE,

>Question 1 - Clayton, or others... have you any knowledge of Canon
>printers and whether or not they can be made to work as black-only
>with good results?

I have heard various reports of people trying BO with various
non-Epson printers, none reporting any success.


I'll leave Question #2 for others, as I'm not familiar with that
paper.  But will say that there seems to be a consensus that the new
R220 (6-inks) does a better job than the C-86.  If you haven't already
purchased a C-86 you might consider that.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

CE,

Ilford Smooth Fine Art is the same paper as Hahnemuhle William Turner 
190 gsm. And, it is a FINE paper for b/w with Epson printers, 
including BO and other inksets.

Shilesh

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<nelsonfoto@...> wrote:
>
> First off, my sincerest gratitude to the founders of this group.
> Reading my buns off and there's plenty of good info to be had, but
> nothing touching on my question.
> 
> I have a Canon iP6000D. This is a quick and reliable printer for 
color
> photos and standard printing tasks. However, it's not worth a penny 
as
> a B&W printer, casting heavily. I attempted to BO it and got a print
> that did not reflect the gray areas of my neg. Not bad, and my son 
had
> a blast coloring them, but they're not suitable for sale or display.
> 
> Question 1 - Clayton, or others... have you any knowledge of Canon
> printers and whether or not they can be made to work as black-only
> with good results?
> 
> Question 2 - My preferred print-stock is Ilford Smooth Fine Art 
rags.
> If I go with a C86 (non-BO, full grey-set from MIS), should this be 
a

> problem?
> 
> Thanks, and I await your advice with bated breath.
> 
> Sincerely,
> CE Nelson
> 
> http://nelsonfoto.com
> http://nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/index.php
>

Hi folks

Do we have anyone here that is a dealer of Epson inks and papers?

If yes, could that person please contact me in private using

Nelsonricciardi AT gmail DOT com?

Thank you.

Nelson

Clayton, thank you.