Recommendations for 8.5" x 11" printers for B+W digital negatives

[Derek Lofgreen]

I am wondering if this printer (or any dye based printer) could be used to make digital negs for silver contact prints under enlarger light sources? Would it be dense enough?

 

[Dunga]

Has anyone tried the new Epson M1100 series BW inkjet printers?

I've discovered them relatively recently and, theoretically, they could be an ok printer for digital negatives.
I don't really have the need for color printing.

Thanks!

 

[koraks]

theoretically, they could be an ok printer for digital negatives.

It's a single channel, monochrome printer. I.e. digital negatives printed with it will be crude and overall abysmal in quality.
According to my local Epson website, this model is also discontinued.

I don't really have the need for color printing.

One of the benefits of using a photo printer for digital negs is that you can combine a couple of channels to get a smoother print. Trust me, you really need that if you want to get tolerable negatives. I've done plenty of work using only a single channel on my 3880. The resulting prints *suck*.

 

[BCM]

I'm using a P900 successfully (A P700 is smaller) mostly due to all the software support from several vendors who concentrate on digital negative production tools.