Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul for your answer.
I have an Epson Stylus Color Pro sleeping for years in a box.
Before strating with a new Epson printer, do you think it is worth buying the Quadtone System ink + Refilling Kit or is this printer much too old for that ?

.Thierry Burlot.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Roark 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 7:51 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] New into Digital Printing -- Epson 1290S or 2100/2200 ?


  >...
  >I am considering an Epson 1290S or 2100/2200.

  >The MIS Ultratone system is very interesting ...
  >I've read many things about the Epson 1280 with UT2 but I can't find 
  >this printer here in France. Is it the same type as the 1290S?

  Unfortunately, they do not appear to be the same.  UT2 & the 1280 curves do
  not work quite right on the 1290.  So, some adjustments will need to be made
  by 1290 users.

  PermaJet is going to be selling a variant of the inkset called the New VT
  Blax that they will optimize for the 1290.

  >Are the prints better with UT-7 than with UT-2? 

  They are about the same.  The UT7 was just needed because the pigment-based
  printers use different assumptions about the ink gamuts than the dye
  printers (because the dye and pigment gamuts are different).

  >What is the difference in term of quality ?

  I think the quality of prints from my 1280 and 2200 is very close.  (With
  the 1280/90 you'll have to remove the pizza wheels to avoid marks on gloss
  papers.)  I generally find the newer the printer the better.  The 2200 is
  faster.  The individual carts may be an advantage.  I'm told continuous flow
  systems work very well with the 2200.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 

  For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
  http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/ 



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