Digital BW, The Print

Robert,

Just a note. Media Street is selling a CIS for the 2200 so someone has carts
and chips. Have no idea about quality.

http://www.mediastreet.com/cgi-bin/tame/mediastreet/n3.tam

I wouldn't go for an 2200 without a CIS myself since I hate filling carts!

Of course the software solutions for grayscale inks in the 2200 are more
limited than the 1280 at the moment but I expect we will see that change
over the next few months. I look forward to things falling into place and
buying a 2200.

Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1280 or 2200 for BW?


> Owning both printers I can easily say that the 2200 is a far superior
> printer in terms of hardware.  The question is when the empty carts will
be
> available.  The 2200 loaded with a combination of OEM and 3rd party inks
> (Ultratones) will be much more flexible, much, much faster and will give
> potentially better performance (at least higher dmax with RC papers) than
> the 1280.  The question is whether you can wait for the empty carts.  In
the
> mean time the 2200 with OEM inks gives nice BW prints with Ink Jet
> Control...but...as paul mentioned below you are missing a light gray ink
so
> hilights tend to be a bit more grainy than you can get with the 1280 and a
> 3rd party quad set.  But don't underestimate the difference in print
> speed...its staggering.
>
> Robert
>
> On 6/12/03 12:03 PM, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
(snip earlier)