Digital BW, The Print

Brian: 890 is the same as the 1280 but has a 8 1/2 x 11 max size. They
were available direct from Epson refurbished for $150 recently.
Refurbished is about the same as new. I have refurbished 890 (for
color) & refurb 1280 (w/ MIS black inks). Love them both and either
would do you well. 

Bob Michaels

--- In 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????????