Digital BW, The Print

On 6/12/03 1:04 PM, "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...> wrote:

> 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
> 
Right, they have had them for a while but don't stock empty carts by
themselves.  MIS has been promising since march, but I called the other day
and they don't have an expected date yet.

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

Actually the beauty of the 2200 is NOT using a CIS...you can switch
individual inks so easily.  Not sure whether you have looked at the site on
making easy to refill 2200 carts...but there has been some really ingeneous
work done reusing old carts and the filling procedure should be much easier
than filling the old 1280 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.

Right,  looks like Windows users  are out of luck at the moment, but IJC is
working great with my 2200...I just need to put in a lighter gray ink and
I'm in business.  The toning capability of the Epson Ultrachrome OEM inks is
great with the 2200...really no need for a dedicated toner ink...just use
photo cyan and photo magenta.

I'm planning the following load:

Photo Black (Epson)
Matte Black (Epson)
Light Black (Epson)
Light Light Black (MIS Ultratone "yellow position" gray)
Photo Cyan (Epson)
Photo Magenta (Epson)
Yellow (Epson) or Paul's new sepia ultratone toner (the darker of the two)

That way you are only having to refill 1 or at most 2 carts if you want.  Of
course if you want to save money you could refill carts from either 9600
carts or use the rest of MIS's bulk inks.  If this turns out to work well
AND the CIS units turn out to be reliable I might consider switching it over
to a CIS...but that's a big AND.

Robert