Digital BW, The Print

On 27/01/2010 horstenj wrote:
> I have a R285. That's a European type number. I'm not sure if it's 
> the same as yours. It's an A4, 6 ink, 1.5 pl printer. I have it 
> loaded with UT3D inks in self-resetting cartidges I bought of Ebay. 
> The supplier is UK-based. This is his e-mail adress: 
> dreamweav2000@.... He's very helpful and responsive. 

Thanks for the suggestion, Joost. It prompted me to do some web 
searching -- I found an Australian supplier who advertises auto-reset 
carts for the R290: http://www.inkbank.com.au/category79_1.htm

> The ink setup is probably a bigger decision than the cartridges.

Here are my first thoughts on that subject: I have just printed a 
white-to-black gradient through QTR using the standard Claria black 
only. I was pleased to see (through a 4x loupe) no banding at all. So I 
am inclined to go for Eboni K (for printing Black Only on matte paper) 
and MIS pigment colour inks (if they sell suitable inks, and if I can 
work out which ones to order), so that I can continue using the printer 
for colour printing of CDs and DVDs.

Peter Marquis-Kyle