Digital BW, The Print

Bob: Way, way back when, I had a pair of Epson printers, a 2200 and  
an 1160. The 1160 was used exclusively with Lyson's QuadBlack Neutral  
inkset. When it worked, and when I could get hold of Lyson's Darkroom  
Glossy or Matte paper, it looked gorgeous. But: (1) the carts had a  
habit of clogging on a regular basis, leading to a lot of ink wasted  
clearing said clogs (which could be quite stubborn); (2) The inks  
*did* have an issue with metamerism, though not as bad as I was  
suffering with my 2200 with the standard Epson inkset; (3), Those  
Lyson papers, good as they were in performance, were well-nigh  
impossible to get hold of on a reliable basis, which obviously won't  
do If I'm making prints for an exhibit, sale, or for another  
photographer/artist.

I ended up ditching both printers a little over four years ago for my  
current printer, an HP Photosmart Pro 8750, which I like so much I  
went to the trouble of finding a virtually-unused 8750 as a backup.  
This is rather iconoclastic compared to much of the rest of the  
group, but I *do* think the consensus here on Lyson is that it *was*  
an interesting option once upon a time, but not now.


- Barrett