Digital BW, The Print

Sage advise I'm starting the think that two printers is about my only 
choice to get what I really want. I may be able to adjust my required 
print size down to what an A4 printer will handle there by allowing 
the budget to cover two printers with the same image quality as the 
2200 and or i9100 but for the cost of one. All of this info is 
greatly appreciated and consumed as fast as I can get it.

Mark W.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Editor P.O.V. 
Image Service" <editor@p...> wrote:
> If  you are considering the $ outlay of a 2200, given your 
priorities, 
> here's my suggestion.
> 
> Go with two printers..
> 
> 1)    Get a Canon S9000 for bright dye-based colors (approx $230 - 
$250) 
> - if you want even longer printlife than the OEM inks and no fear 
of 
> Orange Fade, look at the Lyson Fotonics and  MediaStreet TruMatch 
inks 
> for use in the 9000..  The S9000 is essentially the same printer as 
the 
> i9100 (they use EXACTLY the same printhead).. ONLY the i950 got the 
> smaller nozzle size printhead..
> 
> 2)   Get a new or refurbed 1280 (about $220-$300) for B&W, when the 
UT v 
> 2 inkset is ready.. That should be a matter of weeks..  Use the 
Roark 
> curves for printing..
> 
> No need for RIPS then..
> 
> I STRONGLY recommend spending $ on a profiling package for monitor 
and 
> printer as well.. Personally, my current recommendation is the 
Spyder 
> Pro package for monitor profiling and Profile Prism for printer 
> profiling.  That'll let you cut the OEM umbilical cord on papers 
and 
> inks with the Canon..  You'll save your investment costs in the 
> profiling software/hardware very quickly..
> 
> 
>  
> Keith Krebs
> 
> "Just some guy," and caretaker of the Multiverse's largest EPSON 
printer 
> User Community (highly recommended by Vogon Poets and MegaDodo 
> Publications), at:
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/
>  
> "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks 
together 
> guys"