Quality Black and White...which printer

[devilwoman]

Since my printer canon i9100 can not produce a quality b & W, it looks like I am in the market for a printer that can. Any thoughts on a printer for just Black and white? Thanks.

[iwatkins]

Well, assuming you have you camera/computer colour management sorted and the problem or lack of consistancy isn't there....

You need to create a custom printer setup (profiles, in the printer driver, not ICC) for each paper you are going to use and adjust the individual colour inputs and then save the profile. Obviously, reuse the same profile for the right paper each time to get a consistant B&W print.

I get very good B&W images from my i9100. I've had about 40 A3 sized B&W prints shown in galleries (not my photos though) without anyone complaining about colour casts etc.

Sure, you might need to put in an hours effort getting it right and maybe a few sheets of paper, but it is worth it. Save paper and ink by printing test strips rather than whole images.

Another option if you cannot be bothered with that is to buy a printer that allows the use of Lyson/PermaJet etc. B&W ink sets. These give a better range of tones. Even so, you will still need to spend a lot of time setting them up and getting them matched to paper type.

Ian

[Avalonthas]

my canon i9900 does some great B/W printouts.

[devilwoman]

Well, assuming you have you camera/computer colour management sorted and the problem or lack of consistancy isn't there....

You need to create a custom printer setup (profiles, in the printer driver, not ICC) for each paper you are going to use and adjust the individual colour inputs and then save the profile. Obviously, reuse the same profile for the right paper each time to get a consistant B&W print.

I get very good B&W images from my i9100. I've had about 40 A3 sized B&W prints shown in galleries (not my photos though) without anyone complaining about colour casts etc.

Sure, you might need to put in an hours effort getting it right and maybe a few sheets of paper, but it is worth it. Save paper and ink by printing test strips rather than whole images.

Another option if you cannot be bothered with that is to buy a printer that allows the use of Lyson/PermaJet etc. B&W ink sets. These give a better range of tones. Even so, you will still need to spend a lot of time setting them up and getting them matched to paper type.

Ian

Ian can you give me an example step by step of what you are talking about. Take me through what you did for one of your photo papers you used to give me an idea of the process. This would be very helpful so I know exactly what you mean. Thanks!