Digital BW, The Print

Everyone,

Thanks for your help.  I took Paul's and Bishop's advice and ordered
the refurbed Epson 1400 and the Eboni-6 inks.

Thanks again.

Marty




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "M. Bishop
Bastien" <mbbastien@...> wrote:
>
> You might also want to check the following link on the Epson site...a  
> refurbished 1400 for $179...pretty good deal...
> 
>
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=63072161
> 
> Bishop
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 8:24 PM, pr_roark wrote:
> 
> > ...
> > > I want to purchase a printer/ink system exclusively
> > > for B&W printing.
> > ...
> > > I have an unused Epson 1270 lying around and have read a little on
> > > Paul Roark's website about using the MIS Ultra Tone FS inks ...
> >
> > The FS inks in the 1270 might be a reasonable way to start, but I'm
> > not sure I'd want to go that far back in terms of the hardware,
> > inksets, or workflows.
> >
> > The Epson 1400 is, I think, the most for the money now. There are a
> > number of inksets for it. I've worked up a couple. See
> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/UT14.pdf and
> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-6.pdf
> > I think there is also a Piezo inkset for it.
> >
> > I think Eboni-6 in a 1400 with a "color managed" Epson driver
> > workflow using QTR's Create ICC or Create ICC-RGB is the best
> > workflow.
> >
> > I'm currently a fan of 100% carbon hextone inksets.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
> >
> > 
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