Digital BW, The Print

Hi Tony,

The Epson R260 uses TO771-6 or TO781-6, where the 77 series are higher capacity.  The R260/R280/1400 all use 6 inks Black, magenta, light magenta, yello, cyan, light cyan. (I'm certain about the R260 here, and pretty certain about the 1400 and R280).

Looking at the 1400 in the store, even though the ink cartridges have different names, they appear to be identical to the ones I have for the R260.

John

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@...> wrote:
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> I have been following this thread with interest, but as I live in the UK, all of the Epson model numbers (apart from the 1400 strangely enough) are different, with mine being an R360. This uses the T0801-7 series of cartridges, incidentally, which hopefully are the same world wide. Do these R260 and R285 printers therefore use the same cartridges please, so that I would know if it would be possible to dedicate my R360 for B&W
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> Thank you,
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> TonyW.
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>   Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:27 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Best way to start -- have Epson R260
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>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "want2pbw" <johned@> wrote:
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>   > Is the R260 good enough at B&W (I don't need wide format now)? Maybe I should buy the 1400 for new color printer and convert the R260 to B&W? Apparently the ink set options aren't as flexible as the UT-14...
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>   If print size is not a consideration, the R260 can make great BW prints with one of the BW ink sets. I run a R285 (similar to the R260) with MIS UT3D inks (leftover from my forner 2100) as dedicated BW printer next my 3800 workhorse printer. 
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