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The Printer seems to stop printing when any one of the 5 color inks are depleted, this seems to waste a lot of ink and from what I've seen drives up the cost quite a bit. It also seems that even though the black ink is more expensive that it contains more then any single color of the 5 color cartridge. You use the term CMYK RIP, are there other RIPS? such as RGB? Thanks for your help. James W. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:24:16 -0700, you wrote: >At 06:59 AM 1/23/2000 -0600, James W. McCandless wrote: >> >> I was wondering if anyone on the list knows how to make the >>Photo EX printer use more black ink and less of the CMY combo? it >>seems that the black ink cartridge lasts forever. I use about 6 color >>to 1 black . I would seem that there would be a cost savings involved >>as the black is much larger then the color. > >Sure, just print using all black ink :>) Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure >someone else will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think this is >possible without using a CMYK RIP. The Epson driver expects RGB >input, and it (not you) then controls where to use black to supplement >or replace CMY. In any event, it is not obvious that there would be any >particular cost savings, because the black cartridges cost as much >or more than the 5-color ones, and I don't believe they contain more >total ink than a color one--so the "cost per ounce" may actually be more >for the black ones. > >FWIW, I only use about 3 or 4 color cartridges to one black one-- >probably varies with subject matter. I did try printing B&W photos >using black ink only and didn't like the results much. (Not enough >nozzles and not enough tones, evidently.) This has been reported to >work better with newer printers like the 1200. (More nozzles, maybe?) > >Gary Hunt <glh@srv.net> > >- >Please turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use >accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for instructions. - Please turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for instructions.
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