Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jay,

A side issue from your main question, but here goes anyway: I recently
acquired a used 1280 but it's got very low mileage judging by the
cleanliness inside and out. But that's the problem, it wasn't used
enough and I'm afraid the nozzles have clogged from disuse. I get no
output at all. It's got some 3rd party color and b/w carts installed.
Also included were two sets of Cone black inks, still in their sealed
packs. The original owner had attended the Vermont workshop but
apparently abandoned this manner of printing. Not sure what to do
now... a friend says I should install those Cone prints and the
printer just might work.

What happened to your 1280?

Thanks!~

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "j.ludvigh"
<j.ludvigh@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All, 
> 
> I have done a search and have not been able to find out if the Epson 
> 1400 can be used in a black only mode. My 1280 has just died and I 
> am looking for an affordable replacement. All the reviews of the 
> 1400 report that while it is excellent with color, the results for 
> B&W prints are not very good. My 1280 had a similar problem when I 
> used all the inks, but produced excellent prints, even better than I 
> could get in my wet darkroom, when used in the black only mode. More 
> than half of what I print digitaly is B&W so very good performance 
> is needed in this area. So, my questions are does the software that 
> comes with the printer allow black only printing, and if so are the 
> results as good as with the 1280 in the black only mode? I print 
> almost exclusively on glossy paper. 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> 
> Jay L.
>