Digital BW, The Print

Jorge

The original Ultra Chrome inks as used in the 2200 show quite a lot of bronzing on lustre/glossy papers.  You can reduce it with good profiles and/or a RIP but it is always there.  Jon Cone and others now offer K3 (the later version of the Ultra Chrome inks) equivalent inks that can be used in this printer so that might be an option for printing on glossy media although I haven't tried them myself.  You could also sacrifice the light black and replace it with gloss optimiser, however I have found this approach much more difficult to impliment than I first thought.

David Whistance

  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Jorge Gaj
  Sent: 31 December 2009 21:56
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Dedicated B&W printer - Epson 1400 or 2200


    
  David,

  Thank you very much for your response. 

  I'm lucky that I'll have two good printers and be able to have one dedicated to B&W and the other one to color printing. 

  I have a question regarding the printing with glossy paper on the 2200. Did you encounter problems printing on glossy paper with the 2200? Most of my printing will be on matte or luster paper. I may be experimenting with new papers in the near future. 
  All of this is fairly new to me. Lots to absorb. The good thing is that I'm retiring in 4 months. 

  Thanks,

  Regards from Sacramento,

  Jorge

  jorgegaj@... or pegasus@...

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  From: David Whistance <david.whistance@...>
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thu, December 31, 2009 9:39:00 AM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Dedicated B&W printer - Epson 1400 or 2200

  Jorge

  Both can make very good B&W printers with the right inkset. As the 1400 is
  a current printer you will probably find more ready made profiles for the
  newer papers for that printer as well as more recent inksets from either MIS
  or Cone. Lots are available for the 2200 though.

  Perhaps the easiest way to make the decision is to consider what, if any,
  your needs are for a colour printer. If you want to print in colour on
  glossy papers then I would suggest using the 1400 for colour and converting
  the 2200 to B&W. If you only want to produce matte colour prints then I
  would use the 2200 for colour as its inkset is very stable with a good gamut
  on matte papers.

  Of course if you don't need to print colour then why not try both for B&W
  with different inksets?

  David Whistance

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  From: DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com
  [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com]On Behalf Of JorgeG
  Sent: 31 December 2009 15:31
  To: DigitalBlackandWhit eThePrint@ yahoogroups. com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Dedicated B&W printer - Epson 1400 or 2200

  Folks,
  Soon, I need to make a decision of which printer will became my B&W
  printer.

  I own an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 for more than a couple years, which has
  very little use. A couple days ago I placed an order on a new Epson Stylus
  Photo 1400, since the price was right, $189.

  Now, I need your advice. Shall I make the 2200 my dedicated B&W printer,
  or shall I convert the new 1400? What will be the pros and cons of
  converting either one to be a B&W printer?

  Your input is greatly appreciated.

  Jorge

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