Digital BW, The Print

I messed around a little with QTR a couple years ago when I first tried
B&W printing.   QTR was free at the time, but it looks like it's $50 now.
Is the new version noticeably better ?   Have they licked the metamerism
issue, even though the Epson inks are colored ?

What about the option of the UT7 inks, no cartridge filling ?   How much
better than QTR, with the Epson inks, is that ?

Thanks for the help !

John

> John:
> 
> You can get rather nice B&W images using QTR driver and the standard  
> epson inks. Why not try that first, QTR is free to try.
> 
> The 1400 is mentioned favourably, but you may have to mess around with  
> filling cartridges to run it B&W. (filling cartridges isn't that bad!)
> 
> Leslie Otterbein
> 
> On Sep 9, 2011, at 8:57 PM, John wrote:
> 
> > I hope this question is not too open-ended ...
> >
> > I've had an Epson 2200 for awhile for color printing. I would like  
> > to get into
> > B&W printing. Trying to read through the archives here, I am a bit  
> > overwhelmed
> > with the choices; UT7, UT2, Eboni-6, etc. Not to mention the variety  
> > of driver:
> > Epson's, QTR, OPM.
> >
> > So I'd like suggestions as to the best way for me to proceed towards  
> > getting
> > good quality B&W prints. I would like some balance of simplicity and  
> > quality.
> > I do not think I want to get into filling my own cartridges or  
> > building my own
> > profiles; and I do not have a densitometer. I see the Epson 1400  
> > highly
> > spoken of in some of the threads, and given its surprising low cost,  
> > I would
> > consider switching to it if the consensus is that it's worth it.
> >
> > Thanks !
> 
> Leslie Otterbein
> 
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