[Leica] HP7960 now the HP8450

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (Bob Palmieri)]

BD & Carl -

I've been using a 7960 as a dedicated B&W 8x10-ish printer.  One of the 
frustrating things about the driver (and the reason I'm still using my 
Epson for color) is that it doesn't allow the insertion of 
user-generated profiles; I wonder if the follow-up machine has 
addressed this?

By the way BD (and anyone else who feels good about their output with 
this printer)- could you share with the group the settings you're using 
for "color" management in Photoshop (I'm assuming you're using 
Photoshop and we all know about assumptions...) and the print driver 
(mac or pc) to get these stellar results in B&W?

Also, if you've had good luck on the color side I'd be interested in 
those settings as well.

Also, the premium plus paper really swells in the black areas, as I 
suppose is to be expected from the process they use...

Bob Palmieri