B&W printer

[Noah B]

Hey all, do any of you know of a small scale printer that does true black and white prints? Or any printer that has a black only option for printing? I think the largest I would like to print would be 13 inches wide.

[Gem Singer]

Check out the Epson Stylus photo R3000.

[Oren Grad]

If what you mean is using only "black" inks, two possibilities come to mind, both accommodating a wide range of Epson printers:

* QTR offers an output profile that uses only the "K" inks

* Jon Cone offers a range of monochrome inksets in different tones

But bear in mind that prints made only with Epson's K inks come out quite warm. If what you want is not "black" inks per se but a subjectively neutral result you need to mix in other colors. You can do that with QTR, too, and no doubt with Epson ABW also.

[Frank Petronio]

The Harrington Quadtone RIP uses a little color ink but looks really great, without metarism - you can control warm versus cool perfectly.

[Oren Grad]

The Harrington Quadtone RIP uses a little color ink but looks really great, without metarism - you can control warm versus cool perfectly.

Frank, there's a preset profile that comes with QTR that uses K inks only. Also, you can set up custom curve sets that use whichever of the inks you want, and you can restrict that to only the K inks if desired.

[Jim Michael]

One possible solution with
epson 1400 ($80 rebate) and
b&w inks. More info here. Workforce 1100 also looked interesting.