alkaye wrote:
I have the 1400 for many years. When it was recommended to me, I was told that the color prints would be really good, but B\W would be unsatisfactory, as you described. True to the recommendation, the color prints are good to my eyes; but, I use a canon 9500 for B\W. Never even tried to print B\W on the 1400.
Here is a solution that a friend of mine with the same printer uses.
And She prints her work on baryta type papers. Long grey scale, and very deep blacks. These are available from the major fine art paper mfgrs.