Bob W wrote: > > Thanks for the replies. > > If I buy an inkjet I will need to buy 2 inkjets, and part of my > problem is space. I really don't have the space to have 2 lots of > inksets, papers, printers etc. in the room. Plus I already have a > laser printer which I use for text, and an old Epson inkjet which > needs throwing away. So I would have 3 printers in a room that's too > small anyway. > > The reason I will need 2 is that I want to be able to print black & > white as well as colour, and it seems to be considered best to use > separate inkjets for this to avoid cross-contamination of inks. I > don't think this applies to dye-subs because of the nature of the > method. > > Bob I bought a 220 when my older Epson died and like it a lot... I though it did a very good job of printing a black and white print on the Epson premium glossy paper and the price was certainly good... I scanned the neg in gray scale and I set the printer settings to black ink only when I printed... that seemed to do the trick Previously, the prints I made in black and white hat too warm a cast.
When I printed wet prints my paper of choice was Oriental Seagull for it's nice cold whites and deep blacks I sound like an ad ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
