Dedicated Black and White Printer ??

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I have been printing my Photographs just recently and selling them off over the internet or at work, my problem is that I have some really good B&W photographs that I would like too print off and sell also. My problem is though each time I print them off I seem to get a green tint to the photo's

I searched the internet and was told that I would need to buy a dedicated B&W printer, is this true or is there a simple answer to this problem and if it is true what Printer?

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I've an Epson 2880 that prints perfect B&W with Epson inks. I get casts using non original inks (probably avoidable with decent profiling) and/or older printers. But I think the new technology does an excellent job of B&W now.
 
Some of the better epsons with multiple black cartridges are supposed to be very good at black and white, not sure if they are completely cast free, as I use an HP printer. Probably helps if you have profiles done as well, these are available free if you use Fotospeed paper.
 
ianmarsh said:
I've an Epson 2880 that prints perfect B&W with Epson inks. I get casts using non original inks (probably avoidable with decent profiling) and/or older printers. But I think the new technology does an excellent job of B&W now.
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We're you using fotospeed inks Ian?
 
Good profiling can help a lot with colour casts on certain papers. I've done some for Ian in the past
 
I print quite a lot of B&W.

I have the Canon Pixma 9000 (first version)

If I use default settings then I will receive either a red or green tint to the resulting print.

I generally choose the specific b&w setting in the printer driver, however this particular printer only has one black ink cartridge so can take approx 20 mins to throw out an A3 b&w print.

From what i understand the newer version of this printer has 3 ink cartridges dedicated to blacks/greys so can produce the same result in a much faster time.

Quality is superb both b&w and colour.

As for dedicated b&w printers, I'm afraid i can't help you with but if you intend to do some colour too in the future then be carefull about splashing out on a piece of apparatus that will only produce monochrome.
 
POAH said:
We're you using fotospeed inks Ian?
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I used fotospeed inks in an old epson 1400 and got casts but everyone blamed the printer. Now I've got a cheapo dye ink CIS that came with my 2880 that is fine for colour once calibrated but isn't great for b&w. Once I've used it up though I'm going to try out. Fotospeed dye ink system. By all accounts that should be cast free too.
 
you print out colour patches and extended grays so it can help colour casts.


my fotospeed CIS is cast free and its the same ink you'd get with the R2880 I think.


you can also do linear corrections for using the ABW settings. when you use the ABW you should not use profiles but the ink/paper combo might not be linear in the grays.

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/printfix_pro_for_bw.html
 
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ABW works perfectly with Epson inks. I think I might as well either live with the slight cast I get at the moment or switch in the original Epson cartridges I have for a batch of serious B&W printing.
 
Have the kodak 9.1 and it's great on print quality, had the printer since the begining of the year and only noticed the other day when I printed out some B&W pictures for the halway how it seemed to have a green tint to it.

I have been selling many Photo's through my website but have taken down the B&W option now as I do not feel I can offer or even send someone a B&W photograph with a green tint to it. So from this I was considering a dedicated B&W printer.
 
Any of the A3+ sized printers and above with multiple black carts will do what you want.
 
For great B&W, Canon 9500, or if your budget allows, Canon Pro-1 produces dazzling B&W.
 
The real trouble is trying to mix all colours to get black. Most end up with a green cast. The answer is obvious, If you use an EPSON printer, select preferences Do not select Ultra glossy paper the black ink only will spring into life when you select inkjet paper. You get just as good printout when you use glossy paper
 
ianmarsh said:
ABW works perfectly with Epson inks. I think I might as well either live with the slight cast I get at the moment or switch in the original Epson cartridges I have for a batch of serious B&W printing.
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the linearisatin can still help depending on the paper even with the ABW
 
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