D70 and B&W : need a b&w printer

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Hi Group,

I'm enjoying my new D70... so much faster in terms of operation than my
old Oly E10. I should have checked if it did black & white but anyway.. it
doesn't. So I've read up about the different ways of converting to B&W in
photoshop ; there's quite a choice. However when it came to printing, my old
Epson photo700 (* has a pin which is not firing giving streaks... so I need
to buy a new printer ) does a poor job in B&W... but then I read all inkjet
do a poor job of B&W... so my question is "what's a good up-to-date printer
for black and white ?"

As for dust issues, I decided to keep the 18-70mm on all the time. What
disappoints me slightly is that all these new DSLRs have such slow (aperture
wise) lenses.. F3.5 - 4.5 !

ciao,
Roland Herrera

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my epson 2200 does a very fine job in printing b/w even with the
epson-supplied profiles (use color settings, not black only)...


"Roland Herrera" <wps@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
newsf0_d.72900$y25.55149@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Hi Group,
>
> I'm enjoying my new D70... so much faster in terms of operation than my
> old Oly E10. I should have checked if it did black & white but anyway.. it
> doesn't. So I've read up about the different ways of converting to B&W in
> photoshop ; there's quite a choice. However when it came to printing, my
> old Epson photo700 (* has a pin which is not firing giving streaks... so I
> need to buy a new printer ) does a poor job in B&W... but then I read all
> inkjet do a poor job of B&W... so my question is "what's a good up-to-date
> printer for black and white ?"
>
> As for dust issues, I decided to keep the 18-70mm on all the time. What
> disappoints me slightly is that all these new DSLRs have such slow
> (aperture wise) lenses.. F3.5 - 4.5 !
>
> ciao,
> Roland Herrera
>

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:00:35 GMT, "Roland Herrera"
<wps@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi Group,
>
> I'm enjoying my new D70... so much faster in terms of operation than my
>old Oly E10. I should have checked if it did black & white but anyway.. it
>doesn't. So I've read up about the different ways of converting to B&W in
>photoshop ; there's quite a choice. However when it came to printing, my old
>Epson photo700 (* has a pin which is not firing giving streaks... so I need
>to buy a new printer ) does a poor job in B&W... but then I read all inkjet
>do a poor job of B&W... so my question is "what's a good up-to-date printer
>for black and white ?"
>
> As for dust issues, I decided to keep the 18-70mm on all the time. What
>disappoints me slightly is that all these new DSLRs have such slow (aperture
>wise) lenses.. F3.5 - 4.5 !
>
>ciao,
>Roland Herrera

HP Photosmart 7960 with the grey carts.
It's B&W output is awesome!


Drifter
"I've been here, I've been there..."

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I use an Epson 2200 with RIP software for B&W prints and they are
AWESOME. No weird color shifting and completely neutral B&W prints.

JR