Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vader-black, Sith-black Chris NOLA ----- Original Message ----- From: <mcyclwritr@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [Leica] Black and White Printing > B.D., you're right about the HP 8750's enhanced potential for better color prints--the ninth ink is color. I was just considering b&w output. > > When I first heard about the 8750, I thought I'd have to snatch one as soon as it came out. Now, I'm not so sure. I'm certainly happy with the b&w and color output of my 8450, but its wanton ink consumption of HP 100 gray ink cartridges at $20+ per pop to grind out max-size 8.5" x 11" prints makes me wonder how many 13" x 19" b&w prints I'd get per ink cart. Or, perhaps, how many carts it'd take to print a 13" x 19". > > In HP's favor, it does denote the HP 100 photo gray ink cart as plain, old "gray," not the trying-to-be-definitive-and-still-laughably-failing "light-light black" of Epson. Will ensuing Epson printers feature an even greater number of ink tanks with the attendant list of names? "Not-quite-as-black-as-ace-of-spades black." "Midnight-at-the-oasis black." "Quadroon black." "Lawyeresque-gray-area black." > > -Chris Lawson