Digital BW, The Print

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From: flashearth [mailto:flashgj@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 5:23 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Switching between b/w and color??
 
Forgive me if this has been asked before, I did a quick search and found
only one 
comment.

Is any one switching back and forth with the epson color cartridges and
either 
the quadtone or ultratone cardtridges with the 1280 printer?  

I would like to start getting higher quality black and whites, but also
do alot of 
color work. MIS suggests that this is not a good idea, but I would like
to hear 
from those that have maybe tried or are successfully doing so before I
jump on 
the band wagon.

Thanks....
 
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This would not be feasible at all.  It would only take a relative
handful of changes between color and b/w inksets to eat up the costs of
a new or refurbished 1280 and a quadtone setup.  You would simply waste
too much ink in the change itself, in addition to the ink that will
likely be lost due the extreme clogs you are sure to get in the
cartridges that are not being used at the time.  Besides the inevitable
ink loss, it would be a major pain in the butt.  Also, after a few
changes cross contamination would probably begin to be an issue.  Trust
me; this is not something you want to do.  If you want consistently good
results for b/w with the 1280 you need to dedicate the printer to the
task.
 
One other option would be the 2200 and the ImagePrint RIP.  This will
let you do awesome color and good b/w from the same inkset.  Although,
in my opinion the b/w from this setup, while very good, still does not
match Piezography (others have differing opinions).  I do my color
printing on the 2200 with UltraChromes and my b/w printing on a 1280,
using Piezography BW with Selenium Tone inks.  I could not be happier
with this setup.
 
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