Digital BW, The Print

Long time lurker here...ready to jump in.

I've tried Clayton Jones excellent tutorial on Black Only printing (with my
2200), and found the results pretty good. I'm ready to try to move to a less
dotty print (although dots can be ok for the right print).

I'd like to leave well-enough alone and use my 2200 for color output; I'm
hesitant to use a RIP with color ink...I'm going to be selling this prints
to wedding clients and gallery patrons and I feel more comfortable using
mainly black/grey ink over the long haul. Horses for courses and all that.

So, my best options seem to be a 1280 or a 2000p; either with MIS UT-2 ink
or Piezo ink. The 2000p is attractive mainly because they are cheap right
now. Cheap, my friends, is good.

So here are the questions:

1280 vs 2000p
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* 1280 way faster printing? Is the 2000p painfully slow?

* 2000p is a pigment printer, may be less clog-prone?


Ink schmink
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* can I use an empty MIS CIS 2000p system with Piezo inks and a custom ICC
profile? I only mention this because it might be a cheaper way into the CIS
Piezo system...I'm a dummy when it comes to ICC vs Piezo's ICC
implementation. I quote from an inkjetmall.com description of the Piezo ICC
as "a new type of industry standard ICC profile which has been invented by
Piezography". Ink me confused.

* The main advantage of the MIS ink is that you can tone prints the way you
like them, correct? Vs. the 'one ink = one tone" Piezo plan.

* Has anyone used MIS UT2 with a 2000p (i.e. how about the Quad Tone Rip and
the 1280 profile with the 2000p)? BTW I read all the 2000p/UT2 archives and
nobody really had an answer at the time of writing (approx dec 03)

* In the maze of the MIS website, I can't seem to find UT2 ink for the
2000p, but I'm assuming I can just buy some and pour it into their CIS
system.

pant...pant...pant...wheeze...all done

Best,

-David Ray Carson
web: http://www.davidraycarson.com/