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Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4800... Black-Only Lives! (???)

2005-07-04 by Steve Kale

No you don't need BO to fight the green battle. The 4800 is a massive
improvement on the 2200 out-of-the-box.


> From: Stephen M Martin <steve@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:07:34 -0400
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4800... Black-Only Lives! (???)
> 
> I fought the green battle with my 2200 when I first got it. I eventually got
> it straight. Is the 4800 going to be the same war all over again? That was a
> huge pain and resulted in a lot of waste.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Steve Kale
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:41 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4800... Black-Only Lives! (???)
> 
> 
>   John
> 
>   According to Epson, as noted in previous posts, it uses all three blacks and
>   potentially some colour ink when "black" is selected for any paper other
>   than "plain paper".  So you are looking at a greyscale with at least 3Ks
>   which is why it is so smooth.
> 
>   Steve

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