Digital BW, The Print

Sammy Bar wrote:
>...I have only a uncluttered cabinet top of 23 inches for 
> a CIS and printer which unfortunately rules out the 1400 ...

> Looks like the C88+ is about 19 inches wide ... 
> I assume either the MIS or superjetUSA CIS will fit 
> in this space. ...
> 
> After using both CIS's which one would you recommend for ease of 
> setting up for B&W and also which ink would you recommend. 

I have not used an MIS CFS for many years.  So, I'm speculating 
here.  But, my optinion is that both will work fine for you.  I 
suspect the MIS CFS has better instructions as to how one sets up the 
system.  They may even make a pre-loaded one with the inkset you end 
up with.

With the SuperJet unit, I load them by filling the tanks and then 
pulling the air out of the carts and lines with a syringe and bottom 
fill adapter (modified as shown here: http://www.paulroark.com/BW-
Info/Mod_Bot_Fill.jpg), with the cart held up side down so that the 
air is removed.

This is so easy, I don't think I'd bother with a vacuum system again.

> I have printed on a 4800 a few prints on Epson Enhanced Matte now 
> called Ultra Premium and like the way it looks (although not quite 
> the look of RC paper which I do prefer). And have recently seen 
> several glossy prints that were printed on a 2200 and really 
> like the way they look.

If you like glossy prints, Carbon-6 is not a good choice.  It is for 
matte paper only.

With a CIS/CFS and a C88, you probably will neet to select either 
glossy or matte, because changin black inks from MK to PK is not 
feasible.

For the C88 and glossy printing, you might want to consider the MIS 
EZ inkset. See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm

Paul  
www.PaulRoark.com