Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the reply-
Sounds like a good excuse to buy another printer to me!
I'll use the kodak for color baby pictures or something- 

Guess I need to sell a lens or something-
Thanks again-
Clint

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bob_michaels" <bob@b...> wrote:
> I don't know how much time you have to spare, or what your time is
> worth but you would be reinventing the wheel starting off with a
> printer that no one else is using for b&w. SWAG would be that you
> could spend 300 hours and $200 in ink and paper trying to save buying
> a $400 printer. I have a new HP inkjet sitting in the original box in
> the closet and two Epsons that I print photos with. Buying the first
> Epson (the 2nd was a deal too good to pass up) was a smart move. 
> 
> Buy a 1280 or 890, get VM inks in carts from MIS, download Paul
> Roark's workflow and curves for free from the MIS site
> www.inksupply.com and go printing. Use your Kodak / Lexmark for text
> printing until the ink runs out, then give it to a friend. 
> 
> Bob Michaels
> 
>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> "jaeder_instrument" <clint@j...> wrote:
> > Hello-
> > I only heard of quadtone and sixtone a few days ago, after searching
> around on how to print proper black and white photos via computer.
> > 
> > My question is, must I have an epson, or can I use the inksets in
> any inkjet photo printer, as long as some kind of 'workflow'-(whatever