Digital BW, The Print

I'm using the C88 for B&W now, and have used its predecessor C84, for 
about 3 years.  Chris' earlier response is correct - you can do Black 
Only printing with this machine using either the Epson black ink or the 
appropriate MIS black (for matte or glossy paper, whichever you're 
using) and selecting "Black Only" from the Epson printer driver  Or you 
can use the full MIS EZ four-ink set. 

My first experiment was with the Epson ink and BO, which gave nice 
results on Epson Enhanced Matte.  But I think I get even better results 
using the MIS EZ inks in all positions.  I'd suggest you start the same 
way I did - just use the Epson black ink and select BO in the driver.  
If the results are satisfying to you, then you're good to go with 
absolutely no fuss or bother, except for the high cost of the Epson 
ink.  You can save some money buying MIS EZ black ink in their 
cartridges, and can save even more if you get their empty cartridges 
(and a chip resetter) and refill them yourself.  (You can't refill the 
Epson brand cartridges - they are designed to make refilling impossible, 
and I don't think you can reset their chips either.)  If you REALLY get 
into it you can go with a CIS - I only have to fill the ink bottles on 
mine a couple of times a year.

An advantage of the full EZ ink set is that you can adjust the tone of 
the print from warm to neutral in 5 or 6 steps, to suit your taste and 
the paper you're printing on.  The EZ inks for the C, M and Y positions 
come in either Neutral or Warm, and depending on which ink you have in 
which position you can vary the tone quite a bit.  (Paul Roark has an 
extensive description of how this is done - I believe it's somewhere on 
the MIS site.)  Be aware that different papers may give different tones 
from the same ink, so if you are going to be using different papers for 
different purposes the flexibility of the MIS setup might be worth the 
extra effort of keeping different inks on hand.

But for starters, just try the Epson ink in black only mode, and see how 
you like it.  That may be all you need.

Cheers,
Kip


marcinemem wrote:

> Hello again!
>
> My first post stayed without any asnwer, probably I didn't make it
> right. I will try again.
>
> I decided to take Epson C88 printer (D88 in Europe).
>
> What do I EXACTLY need to start doing BW prints?
>
> What do I need (from MIS) for BLACK ONLY printing? Is C88 enought good
> for BO or should I order full set of inks?
>


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