inexpensive B&W photo printers

[joe_petrik]

My apologies if this question has been posted once too often...

 

I have a Canon i9100 inkjet printer. With colour pix I really I don't

have a complaint. Its colour output is as delicate or as saturated as

I want it to be. But I'm less impressed with the i9100's B&W output.

It's next to impossible to get a smoothly toned B&W print or one

without some colour cast.

 

Does anyone know of a good, inexpensive inkjet for B&W photo printing?

I understand that the Epson R2400 is very good with B&W, but it's more

than I wish to spend. Besides, only about 10% of my prints are B&W, so

I'm looking for a good but cheap printer to take care of monochrome

output. Letter-sized output would be plently big enough.

 

I did search and a few H-P inkjets came highly recommended, but it

seems that the sought-after models mentioned have been discontinued.

Are there any current models that are particularly good at B&W photo

printing?

 

Best,

 

Joe

[constance_cook]

Go to ebay where you can still get either a used or NIB HP 7960 which prints terrific B&W up to legal size.

 

One of my students just got one that way.

 

Conni

[mitchell_kirschner]

<p>If you don't mind being limited to letter-size prints, the inexpensive Epson C86 with a quadtone inkset produces excellent results, which are also highly archival on acid-free papers:</p>

 

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<a href="http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm">Link</a>

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Other inkset options are also available for the larger format Epsons.

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Another excellent resource re: your question is the Yahoo newsgroup, <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/">Digital BW, The Print</a></p>

 

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I'm fairly new to inkjet B&W printing. I've been using a C86 with the MIS "EZ" inkset, and I'm very pleased with the results.

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[beauh44]

What Constance said - the 7960 is an excellent B&W printer.

[eye-of-searle]

Another vote for the HP 7960. Excellent results. If you can't find the 7960 anywhere, I think the replacement is the 8250.

[bobmichaels]

Go down about ten posts and read the responses to Scott Eaton's query about best 8x10 b&w printer using MIS EZ inks.

 

And go to www.PaulRoark.com and read Paul's bio and what he has to say about the Epson C86 with MIS EZ inks. I've seen some prints from this sub $100 combo and find them hard to beat. And I'm not talking about "good" prints, I'm talking about "exhibition quality" prints.

[ernie_targonski]

Another vote for HP7960.

[joe_petrik]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I forgot to mention that I have a gift certificate* from B&H that I'd like to put toward the purchase, but unless they happen to have a used HP 7960 in stock I'll be buying a current model.

 

What I'm unsure about is what replaced the 7960.

 

Best,

 

Joe

 

* To further complicate maters, I'm leaving the U.S. to return to Canada in about two weeks, so I'd like to buy while I'm here to avoid international shipping hassles.

[andrew_c2]

AFAIK, the 8450 is the one that replaced the 7960. I should be getting one any day now. It uses the new Viveira inks; a few reports say that it is slightly better in tonality, and got rid of the wheel-tracks that some users complain about. Looking forward to it for the b&w!

[constance_cook]

I have the 8750 and it's even better than the 7960. I'm told that the new Vivera inks will soon replace the ones currently used in the 7960.

 

Conni