Digital BW, The Print

Sam,

Thanks for the reply.

MIS is only suppling the 'original' Quadtones in Epson 900 
cartridges.  I'd like to try the VM inks but I'd need to go the 
route of refilling virgin carts (I want to prove to myself that the 
printer is capable of generating reasonable output before I go this 
way).

It appears that the Lyson Small Gamut inks are also not available in 
pre-filled Epson 900 carts.

Looks like if things prove out with the printer, I'm likely to get 
my first chnace to dip my toes in the 'refill ink' pool.

Thanks again,

Scott.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Sam A. 
McCandless" <samcc@v...> wrote:
> Good printer, Scott; I still miss mine. I never tried a quad tone 
> inkset in it. It coped well with a variety of papers. The 
> heaviest/thickest I remember using in it was Crane's 300 gsm 
uncoated 
> cover stock, which wasn't very useful due to the dot gain. If 
someone 
> gave me one (and I could find some place to put it!), I think I'd 
try 
> Lyson's Small Gamut Photonic inkset in it if Lyson supports that. 
But 
> I assume that would be a more expensive experiment. I think it 
would 
> make a good printer for one of the MIS VM inksets, but I don't 
think 
> anyone has developed the necessary (I guess) curves for it. 
> Incidentally, the 900 is, I believe, one of the few printers for 
> which Adobe's discontinued PressReady rip works.
> 
> Sam
> 
> Sam McCandless       samcc@v...
> 
> 
> >I was just given a 'new' Epson Stylus Color 900 printer (two years
> >old but never used) at no cost.
> >
> >I'm thinking of trying my hand at some B&W printing (files from a
> >new digital camera) and thought a low-cost experiment would be to
> >buy / install a set of MIS Quadtone inks (MIS has pre-filled
> >Quadtone cartidges for the 900).
> >
> >Does anyone here have any experience with this Epson model ?  If 
so,
> >I'll take any suggestions on setup, paper recommendations, 
workflow,
> >etc.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Scott