Hello Brian, I'll attempt to answer some of your questions within the limits of the 2200 using the Photo Black ink cartridge. (Haven't tried the Matte Black, as yet!) Let me also say that, I personally, have not yet printed any BxW with this printer but my partner has. The 2200 produces quite beautiful BxW prints on a variety of papers. Carl (my honey) has printed with the black ink only (Photoshop grey-scaled) for a neutral toned image, as well as using all colors to produce sepia and monochromatic toned images (Photoshop grey-scale converted back to RGB and adjusted with Variations). Obviously, each paper/ink combination will give you something you might have to tweak a little but it's usually been dog-gone close on the first shot. Carl likens them to platinum and selenium toned prints... he's quite happy with the results. No metamerism. Also be aware that the 7600 had a different head than the 2200. We went to a demo of the 7600 a couple of weeks ago... VERY quiet machine (compared to the Epson 9000 that we have) but they were only printing color that day. Still, I don't think you will be disappointed. If you are not aware of this particular newsgroup, you should look into signing up for "Digital Black and White: The Print" on Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint They should have an archive already built on feedback for these printers! Hope that helps? Cheers, Janine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 12:37:42 -0400 From: Brian Roberts <right.brain@verizon.net> Subject: Re: Gallery Ramblings & Impressions Hi Janine, I've been seriously thinking of purchasing the Epson 7600 printer (the larger cousin to the Epson 2200). Could you share your opinion about your 2200, since it uses the same inkset as the 7600, once you've done some testing with it? I don't know anyone who has actually used one, and have seen few reviews of either printer. I'm especially interested in how it handles black and white (metamerism) and sepia tone printing. I've been using the Epson 2000P - it cannot handle b/w and has serious color shifts when printing sepia toned or monochromatic images. I'd like to hear from anyone else who has had any experience with these new printers as well. Thanks. Brian Roberts -- Janine's Images - Studio 272 at PhotoWorkshop.com http://www.photoworkshop.com/gallery/Studio272
