Digital BW, The Print

Use an Epson R1900 or R1800 and have both matte color and dedicated B&W in one printer using QuadTone RIP.  I had problems with the older versions of this RIP but the latest seems to work very well.  I have been trying this new version for the last week and a half, and am finding it easy to use, and makes a very good print.  

Because the color ink is still in the printer, there are sliders in the print menu to make the print many shades cooler, or sepia.  It will also print a good matte color print.

I have given up with CIS.  I now use refillable ink cartridges, but replace the chips with original spent OEM cartridges and reset them at each filling.  Much more reliability that way.  I have also found a way of modifying the OEM cartridges so they can be made refillable.

I have been using MIS inks, which work well as long as you use them regularly.  They will clog if the printer sets a spell.  I have been thinking of switching this 3K printer back to all OEM inks by replacing the chips on Matte black cartridges with gloss black and GO cartridges, and cutting off the indexing tags on the cartridge so they will work in these slots. The OEM inks seldom clog, even if the printer sets for a month.

The biggest limitation is the 13" width limitation.  But still, I would never want to try to print B&W on a stock printer again.  The difference in quality is just too great.

Ben



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "flashinet" <flashinet@...> wrote:
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> Thanks everybody, I decided to give it a try. After all it's only $200 for the printer and $100 inks (just don't tell my wife).
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> I'll keep you posted.
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> Jacob
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