Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the advice Scott. I had a bad experience with Epson but it 
seems that they make the printers of choice for b&w. 

Onward and upward.

Alan

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scottkathe1" 
<scott.kathe@...> wrote:
>
> Alan,
> 
> I am a novice at this but I would highly recommend that you check 
out
> Clayton Jones website and read EVERYTHING and go to the MIS ink
> website inksupply.com and look at all the information on B&W 
printing
> and check out the site that Paul Roark put together. I've used the 
MIS
> EZN inksets with an Epson C86 and had a lot of fun with it. I now 
have
> an Epson R220 and am making very satisfying prints with BO (black
> only) printing. The C86 and R220 are limited to letter size prints. 
> 
> If you have money to burn and want to print larger the conventional
> wisdom with Epson users is to get the 2400 and print in ABW 
(advanced
> black and white). If you want to spend less, get a used  Epson 2200P
> (no longer sold by Epson as I found out when I went to buy one after
> paying my holiday bills) and the MIS inks. As far as HP goes, there
> have been really good reports by people using the HP B9180 for B&W 
as
> well and that will put you somewhere between the price of the Epson
> 2400 and a used 2200P.
> 
> Sometime in the next year I am planning on going with one of the 
three
> larger format printers I just mentioned. If I were you I would start
> small and see if you can still get an Epson R220 if you like mat
> prints. Epson no longer carries them but Ritz Camera still does-
that's
> how I got mine. Get the MIS neutral inkset (I tried the warm and it 
is
> too warm for me) try full ink printing and BO printing. If you like
> glossy or semi-glossy prints go with a C88 and get the MIS EZN 
inkset
> but I found that BO didn't work well at all with my C86. If you go
> with an Epson the refurbs are a great deal!
>  
> I know there are more experienced users out there and they may have 
a 
> different take on how to get started. Hope I didn't step on anyones 
toes.
> 
> Scott
>