What surprises me is that you both could get good B&W print from an R1800-R800 model.
Unlike several other photo inkjet printers the R1800/800/1900 models do not have one, two or three extra grey inks to replace composite greys (CcMmY mixes) so are harder to keep neutral in their tone range and they will show more pronounced metamerism and later on more color shifting.
On the Digital B&W list the preference goes to printers with more grey inks, some custom inksets up to 7 inks. Of course they are seriously into B&W printing.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

There's a third route to take:

Larger carts of the OEM ink can be less than 1/3 the price per ML compared to smaller carts of the same OEM ink. For example 0.23 Eurocent excl. VAT per ML  on a 775 ML cart compared to 0,78 Eurocent per ML excl. VAT on an 28 ML cart.  Bigger investment for some users but with all the advantages of using the right ink on the printer. Refilling carts from larger carts isn't difficult.

While I have used third party inks (early pigment) when the big printer companies had no suitable inks on the wide formats I wouldn't recommend it anymore. There were color shifts in the inks per batch that made consistency of job repeats difficult. The third party pigment inks had more pigment settling if not used frequently which also contributed to less color consistency and damper clogging. Dye inks are another category but I can not use dye inks for the jobs I have. There have been improvements in third  party pigment inks since I used them but the color inks are not matching the fade resistance of Vivera pigment ink for example. The last ink can even be used in Epsons which Paul Roark showed with the PK Vivera in an Epson 1400 (1.5 picoliter droplets). No clogs reported, neutral black, excellent fade resistance.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

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Mike,

Thank you,

It didn't show with the search in Yahoo groups.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

Where does one apply for membership of the Qimage Sudio mailing list on Yahoo ?

Studio user for some years I guess so that shouldn't be the problem.


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/

It  doesn't know a "Banner" mode so the Poster/Tiles method will not work, 1 cm white "seams" will appear between the tiles.

The extra HPGL 2 driver extension will allow longer than 275 cm prints on a Z3100. Some Z3100's cross that 275 cm on their own, some don't it seems. The Z3200-PS that I also have shows no problems with print 5 meters long and must go even longer.

Ernst Dinkla
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