Digital BW, The Print

John,

Epson claim that the R800 (and R1800?) don't need light magenta, light cyan, 
or light black, because the drop size is so small (1.5pl) that you can't see 
the individual dots any more, so spacing the full strength inks out more to 
get lighter colors is OK.

BO printing means what it says, Black only, not Black plus light Gray, even 
on the machines that do BO printing. There is no option for BO printing on 
the R800 (R1800?), or at least, I haven't found one.

The R800 has two settings for monochrome printing, but uses color inks as 
well, just as many of the hex-black sets do, to get cold and warm 
monochrome.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mr_Misty_44" <jharvey@...>



Are either of these printers good candidates for B&W printing? They
have removed the light gray ink so that leaves Black for BO printing
but, unless I'm missing something such as the substitution of a gray
cart for the gloss optimiser then what? Now we don't need the light
gray?