John, At that price it would be worth it to have two printers - one dedicated to b/w. Not having individual ink carts is wasteful but if the b/w prints are great... Maybe there is a HP user group that has worked out panoramas. Its' odd that they do fanfold banners but not pans. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: printer recommendations? > From: "John Mason" <profmason@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, July 09, 2004 7:23 am > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > AZ, looking for good inkjet B&W, says: > > >Two must-have features for me are the ability to make > >quality, neutral-tone B/W prints on rag paper and, > >most important, to make any length, "user size" > >panoramic prints. Near as I am aware HP and Canon > >have not had a panorama option. > > Good B&W is the holy grail of inkjet printing. Good, > that is, out of the box, with OEM inks, without > spending a fortune on third party inksets, software, > etc. and so on. > > HP, I think, has come the closest so far. Acting on a > recommendation by Mike Johnston (former editor of > Photo Techniques), I bought an HP 7660 for $149. It > can be fitted with an HP three gray ink cartridge. > Produces very good looking, very neutral B&W. A long, > even grayscale with good detail in highlights and > shadows. > > Johnston's verdict was thus: > > >Overall impression: Excellent. To me the prints look > >better than most RC prints, even carefully-made ones, > > >and almost as good as well-made fiber-base ones. > > See his entire review here: > > <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-03-14-12.shtml> > > Having said all this, I don't think that the HP will > do panoramas. And I don't know how it prints color. > I still do all my color printing on my old reliable > Epson 1280, which continues to produce gorgeous > prints. > > --John > > > ===== > J. Mason > Charlotteville, Virginia > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
