Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,
What refill system are you using?  The spongeless carts from 
inksupply.com look like a good idea, but I have no idea.
Refilling would give me the cost savings without sacrificing 
versatility...so I'm interested, of course.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall" 
<jrandall@...> wrote:
>
> The "Roark" inksets you are talking about are all MIS products and 
> many of them have been suggested and developed by Paul Roark.  Most 
> are designed to work with the Epson driver. There can be a lot of 
> tweaking, but there are many canned curves/profiles. See the MIS 
and 
> Paul's web sites for more details.
> 
> 
> The alternative approach is to use a RIP like QTR or IJC to 
generate 
> profiles and replace the Epson driver.  
> 
> As CDTobie indicated in an earlier post, the easiest way to go for 
BW 
> is to use an OEM inkset.  For smoothest BW my opinion is that one 
> needs at least 3 shades of black (my personal preference is 4 
> blacks).  This really is a matter of your taste in print output -- 
2 
> shades of black or black only may suit your needs.  Three shades 
means 
> currently using the Epson K3 inkset in a matching printer (assuming 
> Epson is your choice).  Other inksets and printers are on the way. 
> 
> I now refill my carts rather than use CIS systems.  The ink costs 
are 
> identical because I buy the same bulk quantities of inks for either 
> approach.  My personal experience is that CIS systems are more 
prone 
> to problems unless you print every day and the individual cart 
> approach allows me to quickly change inksets and to experiment with 
> new inksets.  Moreover, the CIS carts will not likely last any 
longer 
> than the regular refillable carts -- both will need to be replaced 
> periodically (~1 to 2 years based on my personal experience).
> 
> The R1800 is a good platform for BW, but you can't use the OEM 
inkset 
> unless you only want to do black only printing.  The R2400 is a 
good 
> OEM BW platform, but costs a lot more than the R1800.