New HP printer targets advanced amateur photographers

[amoz]

http://www.macworld.com/article/131564/2008/01/hp-photosmart-b8850.html

More testing and reviews on its way. I am particularly curious about the gray ink that will have its separate cartridge in order to enhance black-and-white printing...

 

[Nikon Bob]

Nothing new in having a separate cartridge for gray ink. My old HP 7960 has a separate gray cartridge that goes in place of the black one when printing for B&W. It works very well so this new printer might be very good indeed.

Bob

 

[Socke]

I got a D5160 out of curiosity to try the A100 grey cartridge, it is pretty good. Good enough for me to abandon the MIS inks in my old Epson Photo 750.

 

[amoz]

Okay, great, didn't know about the gray ink being around for a long time. I am still doing wet prints so not really up to date with this.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Okay, great, didn't know about the gray ink being around for a long time. I am still doing wet prints so not really up to date with this.

Sorry, didn't mean to be abrupt. I only meant to indicate that it is not a new idea and even when applied in an older model it is very good. You can see some printer reviews here http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/printers_page.htm that may help give you an idea of what using a dedicated gray cartridge can do.

Bob

 

[amoz]

Sorry, didn't mean to be abrupt. I only meant to indicate that it is not a new idea and even when applied in an older model it is very good. You can see some printer reviews here http://www.photo-i.co.uk/Reviews/printers_page.htm that may help give you an idea of what using a dedicated gray cartridge can do.

Bob

No offence taken! I really appreciate getting tips from people experienced in these fields I know much less about. So thanks for the adequate replies and I am checking that review-link right now.