Digital BW, The Print

I think the term you are looking for is a Continuous Flow System.  I use the one from MIS 
which has their equivalent of the Epson Ultrchrome inks with one exception the black or K 
ink.  The standard ink in the MIS CFS is their Universal black which is designed to work on 
both matt (eg Epson Enhanced Matt) and glossy or resin coated papers (eg Epson Premium 
Semi Gloss).  I chose to have my CFS have Eboni in the K position.  This ink is generally 
regarded as being much better than Epson's matt black.  The big problem you face with a 
2200 and going to a CFS is the fact that swapping the K ink is now a pain.  Should you 
need to swap the K ink you need to take the whole CFS out.  That's why MIS developed 
their Universal Black. 

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/cfs_2200_new.html

I decided to take the better matt ink, Eboni, and find solutions for working on RC papers 
with it.  I bought the CFS-2200-UC but asked them at the time of ordering to put Eboni in 
rather than the Universal Black.  You also need to tell them to change the chip to a matt 
black chip.  

I find that eboni is not an issue for colour RC work as there is much less likely to be 
swathes of black.  I did though calculate profiles for colour on EPSG after spraying the test 
sheets with Lyson Print Guard (with which I also spray my prints).  For B&W RC work, I have 
been experimenting with curves in QTR to find a means of getting great prints with Eboni 
in the K position and using Lyson Print Guard and Renaissance Wax.  

Unfortunately, the bottom line on changing any ink set is that you should reprofile or at 
least get profiles from someone using a like system.





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Robert" <LA_Native@h...> wrote:
> At the risk of asking something that's been covered endlessly on this 
> forum....
> 
> I'm interested in bulk inks (is that what they're called?) for my 
> 2200 to save on cost.  I'm looking for standard inks that will match, 
> as closely as possible, the OEM inks provided by Epson.  I print both 
> color and b&w, and my printer already has custom profiles based on 
> the Epson inks.
> 
> Rather than asking everyone to repeat what's already been covered, I 
> wondered if someone could point me to a link that discusses and/or 
> compares my various options.
> 
> Robert Ades