Digital BW, The Print

Howdy Craig,

I used one 2000P to the brink of death doing mostly black and white
printing... and because the warranty expired a while back, I just
bought one of the refurbs on ebay ($167.50)..! since they come with an
Epson one year warranty, it makes way more sense to me than paying for
a servicing. since I have a service manual, I intend to take my
current 2000P apart and hopefully learn a thing or two.

True, the majority of folks on the list seem to prefer the 1280, and
Paul's point about his work being based on his use of the 1280 is
probably even more incentive, but I have found a couple of his curves
for the 1290 printer that give me excellent results with the MIS VM
inks (and even the UT inks..!) on most papers. one of my favorites is
Epson's Velvet Fine Art... and the Arches Infinity seems very nice too!

as for the CIS question, I did purchase a system from MIS, but never
set it up. I started out wanting to try a few before committing and
now just find it easier to fill empty carts and reset chips that I
pull from the Epson carts. if my printing volume ever goes up, I will
probably attach the tubes and bottles...

Happy deciding!

Tom De Carlo



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, cworth6900@a...
wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/6/03 12:10:28 AM, 
> 
> 
>   I have printing with a 2000p using Epson carts for two years now,
but B&W 
> prints with a neutral tone is an increasingly important need. So
does any one 
> out there have any suggestions.  
> 
>    Any recommendation about Epson 1280 vs 2000P for B&W printing.  I am 
> considering converting a refurbished Epson Printer to a B&W machine.
The prices for 
> the 2000P on E-bay are around $200 and 1280 runs about $299. Which
of these 
> do the group think might be a long term solution? 
>   
> 
> What about whether to use cartridges or convert one or the other to
a B&W CIS?
> 
> And for the last can of worms, any recommends on B&W ink set To be
able to 
> create tones would be nice but consistency neutral tones and ease of
use would 
> be more important than color tints.
> 
> Craig Worth 
> www.cuzzins.com