Digital BW, The Print

As someone who did actually run prints through two Epson printers, maybe 
I can shed some light on it:

I did my B&W in a dedicated 1160, then added color in a 1200. It was 
possible to get accurate registration about once in 3 to 5 tries and 
using registration guides printed along with the first pass, I wasted 
maybe 1/2 to 2/3s of the paper. It was very tedious and the paper 
handling was excessive, somewhat degrading the whole look of the 
finished sheet.

In the end, I decided it wasn't worth the effort, but it is possible, if 
you can stand the process.

Frank

"elauq" elauq@... 
<mailto:elauq@...?Subject=%20Re%3A%20MisPro%20%20vs%20%20K3>   
elauq <http://profiles.yahoo.com/elauq>Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:47 pm (PST) wrote:

What with new inkjet printer offerings from HP and Canon and eventual
announcements of best yet-to-come from Epson, eBay will be flooded with
9800s in about 6 months. Could you get a better print, as compared to
using a singe printer, if you printed the K of the CMYK on the Epson
using a custom inkset then printed the color components on the new 12-
ink machines? Could registration issues be resolved and can inksets be
mix and matched?