Digital BW, The Print

This naive fellow has just gone thru a learning process for printing
B&W with the Epson 220 with MIS ebony neutral black substitutes.
The D max seems weak but I was overall delighted with the printer. I
now wish to move up to a larger paper size, eventually of archival
quality.

Epson is offering a new Epson 1280 for $224, after rebates. Will this
be a good step for me to take? And will MIS be able to offer me the
six B&W inks? (I notice that the Epson 1280 comes with one color and
one black ink. That is confusing to me)

Thankyou so much for giving me a hand          Basejan@...