Digital BW, The Print

Sorry, the link was http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm for the 
black only instructions.
Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dhappi2" 
<dhappi@h...> wrote:
> I have started reading about B&W and BO printing recently and 
found 
> that is a HUGE area that I don't really have time to master right 
now 
> as I currently struggle with a million other technical issues and 
> digital printing is not my main business.  However I would like to 
> produce some "ok" quality B&W photo prints with the Epson 1280 
using 
> the Epson inks that we currently have.  So far, everything I do 
looks 
> terrible, but am sure it is a problem with my expertise. BO is 
awful, 
> almost like the head is clogged and is out of ink, grainy beyond 
> belief, but there is still black ink left, and we have run the 
> cleaning routine repeatedly. FI is better but still has banding, 
the 
> ink still seems to spatter and crap out around any text like with 
BO, 
> and is still just really BAD quality. Printing from Photoshop 7, 
no 
> profile (at this point I don't even care about levels or tone, 
jsut 
> want it to print without banding or spatter) I Have tried 
grayscale, 
> RGB and CMYK modes, and nothing seems to help. Tried printing at 
720 
> and 1440, 1440 is a little better but still unacceptable. I am 
also 
> wondering if this printer can handle different kinds of elements 
on 
> the page such as flat color areas/graphics, logos and text, or if 
> this printer is strictly for photos only?
> 
> Everything I have read says we ultimately have to buy the Eboni 
inks 
> for BO and/or others for FI, but I want to get at least a passable 
> quality from the standard inks with this printer or I don't think 
I 
> am going to have much luck with better inks. I have a need to 
print 
> just 2 photos in the next two days of passable quality and don't 
have 
> a lot of time to learn or order special/expensive inks.  Later I 
> would like to learn and get better inks, but right now we just 
need 
> to get something done. I had assumed that this printer was capable 
of 
> basic printing with the standard inks, perhaps I am on the wrong 
> track and my problem is somwhere in a software setting or I have a 
> bad cartridge?
> 
> Is there a way to get the best possible quality out of the 
> 1280/Photoshop 7 with the Epson inks?
> 
> Windows Xp
> Photoshop 7
> Epson 1280 Photo
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.