Digital BW, The Print

Hello Alan Zinn,

I read your reply and you mentioned the top off ink refill system. 
That piqued my interest. I have an Epson 1280 and refill my 
cartridges when I see any major banding. Could you explain the top 
off method for me? Now I just suck out all ink and foam and refill 
all chambers at once. 

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alan Zinn 
<AZinn@n...> wrote:
> At 04:39 PM 5/14/03 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >I plunged into digital B&W printing about two months ago and have 
since
> >discovered that something I thought was simple and straight 
forward is
> >extremely complex.  I haven't been very successful in finding a 
good
> >source of information were I can learn how the various phenomena 
are
> >manifested (colour casts, metamerism, shifts, bronzing, etc.) or 
what
> >controls them.  I find the tens of different options (quadtones,
> >hextones, septtones, RIPs, printer drivers, separate drivers, 
profiling
> >equipment, whatnot) very confusing and I don't know how to choose
> >between them... or to determine what is right for me and the 
budget
> >that I willing to devote to this.
> >
> >Is there such a source?  Online or in a book?  I can't access the 
Files
> >section of the Yahoo! groups page, because it refuses to 
acknowledge
> >that I subscribe to this group -- despite having gone through the 
whole
> >"verification of membership" process twice.
> >
> >M.
> 
> 
> The thing to do is eliminate all the variables you can. Everyone 
who posts 
> to this list has different needs so has different problems and 
opinions 
> about what is best.  Pick one paper and one ink set and put in 
some time on 
> them.  What is your primary end-product?  If it is an ink jet 
print that 
> looks just like a selenium-toned, air-dried glossy forget about it 
or 
> forever be spinning your wheels.  If you want an outstanding  
salon quality 
> exhibition print with its own unique character go for either the 
piezo 
> system which is turn-key,  or the Roark system which you can get 
the hang 
> of quickly using the cook-book method.  In spite of the way it 
seems 
> reading the BW list most people are not having difficulties making 
prints. 
> The experimenters (bless their hearts) and just plain un-lucky are 
> naturally going to generate the most mail.   There is no book - 
there can't 
> be because everything changes too quickly.
> 
> My system is not state of the art but I'm a happy man: piezo, MIS-
FS inks 
> and Red River Polar Matte, paper.  I have a 980 printer and use 
the top-off 
> refill system.  I have no (zero, zip) problems except occasional 
operator 
> error. Were I to up-grade one notch I'd use a 2000 series printer 
and photo 
> rag paper. I don't usually sell work so I have to keep costs down.
> 
> AZ
> 
> 
> 
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