Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bobfrost@b...> wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> Surely the answer is simply that the vast majority of people who 
print with
> Epson printers do not print in B&W and do not want to. B&W printing 
is a
> specialised market.

If it were that specialized why did Epson bother to include
a black and whiter sample with the printer?  Why do they
advertise the printer's black and white printing ability 
in their sales and marketing literature?   Why do they have
a special Grayscale program and test reference?

The point is that if they are going to do it all, and they
know HOW to do it right, why not just do it right?   Their driver
has a black only, and a color setting.   They could have had
a "black and white" setting that uses the same algorithm that 
their RIP uses.    And don't forget, Epson released a special driver
last year for the 2000 that attempts to correct for metamerism.

Or they could sell a special "black and white" printing option
if they wanted to milk it for money.   But it's bizarre to 
only have that feature in a RIP since a RIP, as was pointed out,
is a very specialized piece of software few people need.