> Hi Ted,
>
> First I tried a lot around with my 1290 (= 1280) with Epson inks anly to
> learn the hard and expensive way, that no matter how perfect the profile
> is, you always have colorcasts in one or the other direction on
> different areas of the greyscale. Had I immediately invested in a black
> and white printer, this certainly would have been cheaper as I spent
> tons of paper and ink experimenting. Than I bought a used 1200 and the
> piezo driver. The results with piezography BW were just phantastic but I
> spent at least 1/2 of my inks for cleaning cycles... A final attempt to
> switching to cheaper inks (Lyson) completely clogged my 1200 and I gave
> up quite frustrated.
> After having read a lot here about the MIS full spectrum inks I decided
> to try again and bought an 1160. The result using the MIS inks with the
> piezo driver are just great and there are almost zero clogging problems.
> I think Piezography should think about their ink formulations as the MIS
> ones are so much better in terms of clogging!
> Anyway, better save your money and finally invest into a separate BW
> printer instead of wasting money trying to print BW with your 1280 using
> epson inks. You will most likely never be really happy with the results.
>
> Bye
>
> Andreas
>
> P.S. Meanwhile my 1200 is fixed and I might give the variable toned MIS
> inks a try...
>
> -----Urspr\ufffdngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: visionone [mailto:ted@...]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. M\ufffdrz 2002 18:40
> An: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [Digital BW] B&W Printing on 1280 with Standard Epson Ink?
>
> I know that most of the discussion on this forum is about third
> party inks and papers. I was wondering, what is the quality of
> black and white printing using an Epson 1280, standard Epson inks
> and Epson/3rd party papers?
>
> If I don't need 100+ years of longevity, does this combo provide
> reasonable results? WHat about the quality/flexibility using Duo,
> Tri or Quad tone profiles?
>
> I am trying to figure our whether the standard Epson 1280 will do
> the trick because the cost of an 1160 or 1200 is sky high on Ebay vs
> a new 1280. This is only a hobby for me. Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ted
>
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