photo B&W printer

Dear all,
I'm looking for a "top quality" photo B&W printer.
The only solution seems to use an standard Epson "photo" printer
with MIS B&W quadricrome ink
This is a special cartridges filled with 4 different gray ink. (25%,
50%, 75%, 100% black).
Any other solution?
Many years ago, I used a similar solution, but the printer used a solid
ink (similar to a 'soap') but I'm not able to find a similar
printer in the market.
Thanks
Luca Moreschi
P.S: sorry for my bad English

On 4 May 2006 03:14:36 -0700, luca.moreschi (AT) siemens (DOT) com wrote:

Dear all,
I'm looking for a "top quality" photo B&W printer.
The only solution seems to use an standard Epson "photo" printer
with MIS B&W quadricrome ink
This is a special cartridges filled with 4 different gray ink. (25%,
50%, 75%, 100% black).
Any other solution?
Many years ago, I used a similar solution, but the printer used a solid
ink (similar to a 'soap') but I'm not able to find a similar
printer in the market.
Thanks
Luca Moreschi
P.S: sorry for my bad English

Actually I believe there is a 6-shade grey ink from MIS for the Epson
R220/340

A solid ink/wax printer would probably not give you as good a quality
as an inkjet, but I could be wrong about this. The printheads on the
lower end R series are actually far better than you would expect. One
of the higher end Epson series has two shades of grey and a black
cartridge, but having a 4-shade or 6-shade printer would probably be
better than the 3-shade one.

I think there's a few people on this group who have used a similar
setup, I'd wait to get some input from them before deciding what to
do.

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On 4 May 2006 03:14:36 -0700, luca.moreschi (AT) siemens (DOT) com wrote:



Dear all,
I'm looking for a "top quality" photo B&W printer.
The only solution seems to use an standard Epson "photo" printer
with MIS B&W quadricrome ink


try the epson 2400 with epson ink.

This is a special cartridges filled with 4 different gray ink. (25%,
50%, 75%, 100% black).
Any other solution?
Many years ago, I used a similar solution, but the printer used a solid
ink (similar to a 'soap') but I'm not able to find a similar
printer in the market.
Thanks
Luca Moreschi
P.S: sorry for my bad English



Actually I believe there is a 6-shade grey ink from MIS for the Epson
R220/340

A solid ink/wax printer would probably not give you as good a quality
as an inkjet, but I could be wrong about this. The printheads on the
lower end R series are actually far better than you would expect. One
of the higher end Epson series has two shades of grey and a black
cartridge, but having a 4-shade or 6-shade printer would probably be
better than the 3-shade one.

I think there's a few people on this group who have used a similar
setup, I'd wait to get some input from them before deciding what to
do.

---

http://www.FenrirOnline.com

Computer services, custom metal etching,
arts, crafts, and much more.

<luca.moreschi (AT) siemens (DOT) com> wrote

I'm looking for a "top quality" photo B&W printer.

Take a look at the HP Photosmart 8750 printer. It supports the #100 or
#102 gray level cartridges and gives excellent B&W prints with those
cartridges. See:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en...40-426170.html

Reviews: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/hp8750.html
http://shutterbug.com/equipmentrevie...inters/0805hp/
http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/news...tory_2644.html

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging

I'm looking for a "top quality" photo B&W printer.
The only solution seems to use an standard Epson "photo" printer
with MIS B&W quadricrome ink
This is a special cartridges filled with 4 different gray ink. (25%,
50%, 75%, 100% black
Any other solution?

Another Epson with special cartridges filled with 6 different gray
inks. Bob Headrick already pointed out the HP 8750 which is probally
the best out of the box solution, and might be onpar with your Epson
with 4 inks, but not with an epson with 6 gray inks, or more.

Many years ago, I used a similar solution, but the printer used a solid
ink (similar to a 'soap') but I'm not able to find a similar
printer in the market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute...nkjet_printers

Si si, I think you are talking about solid wax printers or phasers.
Tektronix made them, they are currently being sold under the the Xerox
name. I don't know if there is an option for gray sticks, but if this
is what you want look for Xerox.