Digital BW, The Print

Lincoln...I have a 1270 and have put in the Eboni cart with epson 
color carts and dont have any problems with either.  I have been 
using 1400 dpi and have had good success.  Many in this group say 
that u have to go through a cleaning cycle before putting in the 
Eboni to avoid clogs but I have not had any problems whatsoever.  
Good luck

Rick Zeidman
www.morgan-baily.com
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- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Lincoln Michaud 
<outdoornewmexico@y...> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I am new to b&w printing and trying to get up to speed on all the 
> wonderful new options available today. I have the Epson 1280 
printer 
> and have been venturing into the MIS inks.  I was very pleased with 
> the 1280's color prints and saw some very interesting possibilites 
> grayscaling some of my color stuff and printing BO.
> 
> "Black Only" seems a less steep learning curve than systems such as 
> quad tones and my initial results were very pleasing. I basically 
> converted my color images into b&w scans using the channel mixer 
and 
> printed  with a simple profile. I got a clog in my black cart that 
> did not want to go away(yes I tried all manner of cleaning cycles) 
I 
> popped in my original Epson inkset that came with the 1280 and was 
> able to get rid of the clog. I also noticed that the blacks got 
> blacker in my images (which I understand is a property of the less 
> archivable dyebased Epson inks)
> 
> However, when revisiting the  MIS site,  I noticed that they now 
have 
> an Eboni black as part of the Ultra tone set which is supposed to 
be 
> a blacker  black on the EEM I like to use. I like the idea of a 
more 
> archivable injet print.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> 1. Can I pop in a MIS eboni cart next to the non-Ultra tone MIS 
color cart?
> 2. Will the eboni cart work if it is installed next to the Epson 
color cart?
> 
> (Obviously, my intent is to use up the color cartridges during 
> cleaning cycles without chip to chip conflicts)
> 
> 
> 3. I notice a marked improvement when printing at 2880 instead of 
> 1440. In order to have the 2880 setting made available to me, I 
have 
> to choose a paper setting that is other than the matte I am using,. 
> Should I do something specific to the profile to otherwise 
compensate 
> for this change?
> 
> 
> I apologize if these items have been already thoroughly discussed 
in 
> the archives. The archives (even considering all the info they have 
> already given me), tend to ramble on and it is difficult to target 
> specific questions.
> 
> I welcome your comments,
> 
> 
>                                 Lincoln
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