Digital BW, The Print

The 4800 doesn't ship in the UK until next week or the week after at the
earliest.  I will post results when I get it.


> From: Kirk Thompson <thompsonkirk@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 03:45:35 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Thoughts on the new Epsons - density of pigments etc
> 
> On the original issue of the new Epsons, we should be seeing some prints by
> now!  Has 
> anyone had a chance to print the same image with K3 inks and with another
> method that a 
> frequenter of this forum would use?  (MIS, IP, QTR, whatever?)
> 
> I'd like to know whether my old printer & RIP measure up pretty closely to the
> new 
> printers, or whether I'm stuck with a new $2000 purchase & 85 lbs. of old
> 4000.   
> 
> On PSNews,  Jeff Schewe carefully compared prints from the 2400 to the 2200
> with the 
> Epson driver, but that wasn't a very helpful comparison.  If the old Epson
> driver were a 
> 'contender,' we might not even need this forum!
> 
> IMO, the relevant comparison is between the old BW 'state of the art' - MIS,
> IP, QTR, etc. - 
> & the new printersWith 2400s actually available, I hope someone will write
> about that 
> they've seen (perhaps doing some measurements like Jeff's, if you have the
> hardware).   
>