Digital BW, The Print

Epson will tell you that the R24000 will do this, but it only uses
three shades of black and I think you need at least four. I am not
aware of any printer that allows quadtone b&w in conjunction with
color. This is why many b&w printers dedicate a printer to b&w. 
You can use an inexpensive 4- or 6-color printer (C86, R200) as long
as you don't need to print larger than letter size. If you need to go
larger, your choices become a lot more difficult -- and expensive.
 
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clarence Walker"
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> In considering a wide format printer for achieving the full range of
shades
> of gray while retaining a good pure black black and still offering
intense
> whites and highlights, it seems as though Epson is the printer of
choice for
> most of you. Is anyone aware of a website where such capabilities
are tested
> and measured or the "best of the best" grayscale inks and methodologies.
> Even in reading the Epson materials it seems as though one sometimes
has to
> change out the blacks and do expensive system flushes. Might there
actually
> be a printer out there where I can print color and black and white
without
> having to constantly be changing ink sources. I will say that with
my Canon
> i9900 the ease of use has been wonderful, but now I need something
with a
> wider format and also geared to broad ranges of gray/b&w while retaining
> color abilities. Maybe there simply isn't an existing turn key answer.
> Trouble with Epson is that 2000.00+ hurdle for the next step up.
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