Read the articles at Clayton Jones' web site claytonjones.com . He is very happy with the ABW capability of the more recent Epson pigment printers (which the R2800 supports) and going this way will let you print in both color and B&W with the OEM Epson inks and without switching ink carts. The only downside I can see is that the ABW prints are most likely less archival than the Eboni 6/Carbon 6 inks on cotton, but this is probably isn't that much of an issue for someone just starting out in B&W printing.
Mike Brubaker
--- On Fri, 1/14/11, schlett istvan <istvanschlett@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: schlett istvan <istvanschlett@...>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Which printer for B&W?
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 2:38 PM
That`s great news. Unfortunately the only Epson option still available for me in the stores is the R2800 or the R1900.
How big is the ink cartrige? For how many A3 B&W papers will last approximately?Â
--- On Fri, 1/14/11, Sylvain <sylvain@grainsdefolie.net> wrote:
From: Sylvain <sylvain@...>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Which printer for B&W?
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 4:51 PM
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I started with my Epson 1400+Eb1400 kit as a rookie. Never printed photos, since I was a darkroom guy. It took me a few days to read docs, discuss with Paul to understand the main topics, and then I bought the system. 2 hours after installation the first print went out, and it was already absolutely great.
Regarding printing often or not: I printed last WE for the first time since 2 months: no head clog. I just had to gently shake the cartridges to mix carbon inks. Nothing really hard.
My2c
Le ven 14/01/11 14:50, schlett istvan istvanschlett@... a écrit:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Well that was the idea...Before buying anything, first I was thinking to
> ask your advices.
> --- On Thu, 1/13/11, Mark Savoia <m
> ark@...> wrote:
> From: Mark Savoia <m
> ark@...>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Which printer for B&W?
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yah
> oogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 11:39 PM
>
> It sounded like you had concerns about costs. If you do not print very
> often your printer will not run well, inks expire, head clogs, etc. There
> is also a learning curve which is not an overnight process.
> I did not mean to discourage you, I was just offering my advice.
>
> Mark
> http://www.stillrivereditions.com
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 4:33 PM, schlett istvan wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > The idea is that I would like the learn more about
> digital B&W printing and control myself the whole process.
>
> > --- On Thu, 1/13/11, Mark Savoia <m
> ark@stillrivereditions.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Mark Savoia <m
> ark@stillrivereditions.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Which printer for
> B&W?
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yah
> oogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 11:29
> PM
>
> >
> >
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Re: [Digital BW] Which printer for B&W?
2011-01-14 by Brubaker family