Digital BW, The Print

Don't forget to consider the Epson C84/86 printer with MIS EZ inks.  
These are very inexpensive printers (well under $100 with rebates) and 
very simple inks to use.  I went this route last summer, bought a set of 
neutral and warm carts to begin with, and experimented with combinations 
until I found the one I liked on the paper I used, then set up a CIS and 
have just been printing away ever since.  Lovely results on Epson 
Enhanced Matte.

The printers only go to 8.5 inches wide, though, so if wider is 
necessary you'll have to look elsewhere at the moment (as far as I know 
- anybody know of any wide EZ printers out there yet?)

Cheers,
Kip

Lynne Siler wrote, in part:

>I would love to know the consensus on black and white printing a year later <snip>
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>So, I'm back where I started. I would like a simple system to print Black and 
>white images and am willing to buy a second printer to do so. Archival quality 
>is very important. What is the latest school of thought on the best, long lasting 
>black and white prints?
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