Digital BW, The Print

After a little more research I've come up with an ancillary question--
 is the now-discontinued Epson 890 related to the 1280?  I noticed 
that Paul Rourk has a single curve download for both printers.... 
although he recommends Tyler Boley's curves for the 1280.  Other 
posters recommend using Rourk's 1290 curves for the 1280.

Does anyone know how Boley's 1280 or Rourk's 1290 curves work with 
the 890???? 

Brian

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "brian_eddington" 
<belaw@b...> wrote:
> Okay, so I naively thought that it would be easy to find the right 
> printer for making B&W prints.  After reading on this subject for 
> several hours I have a pounding headache. Although I now realize 
that 
> this is a complicated subject, I'm going to just post this question 
> and see if anyone steps up with a recommendation as to which 
printer 
> I should buy! 
> 
> Here are my parameters: All images will be from an Olympus 5050, so 
> max resolution is 2560x1920. I will not be printing anything larger 
> than A4/8.5x11.  I plan on using MIS's quadtone or hextone inks (so 
> I'm looking at Epson's), and I won't consider any printer unless 
> importable color curves/work flows are available. 
> 
> At present I'm leaning toward the Epson 1280... but it is a little 
> more printer than I need (larger paper size capacity than I will 
ever 
> use, and I couldn't care less about borderless printing) and it's a 
> bit pricey for the occasional use my printer will see. 
> 
> Can someone please- PLEASE- demystefy B&W printer options for 
> me????????