Digital BW, The Print

The short answer is that Epson reformulated it's inks
for the 12xx printers.  They are now manufactured in
China, not Japan.  Before the reformulation, I used to
get wonderfully neutral b&w prints on my 1270.  The
same files printed later with newer carts came out
absolutely purple.  Epson, of course, denies any
change in the formula and is basically ignoring the
whole issue.  i.e. they refuse to provide updated
profiles for these new inks.
 I now have a 1280 w/ MIS VM inks dedicated to b&w
printing, so it's not an issue with me, but the
reformulation was quite upsetting before I got this
set-up.  
 If you do any large amount of b&w printing, I highly
suggest this set-up.
 Good luck,
   Daniel P\ufffdrez
   -Dallas

 so, there is nothing wrong w/ your 1270, just the
inks.


> B&W prints in Photoshop 5.0(grayscale)printed on
> my refurbished Epson 
> 1270 have a purple-magenta cast. When printed on
> an Epson 600 they 
> appear as normal B&W, as they also do on the
> monitor. Can adjustments 
> be made in Photoshop to correct this? Is there
> something wrong with 
> my 1270 printer? Prints are on Epson Glossy Photo
> Paper with Epson 
> standard inks. Any help would be appreciated  
> 
> 

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