Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver"
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> > One thing that is still a question: is there something in the new
> Epsons 
> > (22/76/9600) that deals better with these inks? If so, making a
> clone of the 
> > UCs and loading them on several-generations-old desktops may not be a 
> > good idea.
> 
> I'm using a 2100. I've tried the eboni, universal, photo and light
> blacks from MIS without any problems at all. The only problem I have
> is with roller marks on Ilford Smooth Pearl, and to a lesser extent on
> Epson Premium Semigloss, but I get that with Epson inks as well so I
> think it's unrelated. All the matte papers I've tried so far look fine.

Interesting that you have no problems. Would be nice to see a set of
grey carts for 2100/2200 manufactured. At very least the Y position
would give some better quad options than Epson UC right now. One could
pop the Epson Y back in for color, and swap it out for brand X light
grey for BW-???

Have you tried any experiments with lifting the sheet metal plate that
is spring loaded and contains all the pizza wheels and rollers? Or
counterbalancing the spring, putting a wedge under the plate, etc? I
haven't much of a problem here, but I use mat. Since the 2200 has this
"feature" though and the 1280 I own doesn't spring load all the wheels
in one plate, I thought it might be a neat trick for someone. Would
have to make sure counterbalace/wedge didn't interfere with head
sliding past...
Jim H.