Digital BW, The Print

Herb,

>I've been using an Epson 870 printer with MIS VM inks and have been
>satisfied with it. ...

Going up to a 1270 would allow you to use the same curves for each machine,
and there would be no surprises.

>... Has anybody used MIS ink successfully in a
>Canon S9000.  Are there reasons why you can or cannot use MIS inks, ...

MIS told me it takes a different viscosity ink.  So, the current MIS inks
might not work well with it.  It is supposed to be a very nice machine,
however.

The 1270 seems like the path of least resistance at this point.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

The 1280, and MIS VM inks, or FS inks are great. They just came out with
yet another inkset. Very reasonable cost, high quality prints. Don't
know much about the canon. Regardless of the 2200 print quality, you
still are faced with a $90 or more ink cost for a single set of
cartridges. And they're quite small.

> I'm just curious what opinions you all have regarding which printer
> to get for b/w printing.  Has anybody used MIS ink successfully in a
> Canon S9000.  Are there reasons why you can or cannot use MIS inks,
> other than needing to have paper profiled properly?  Is there likely
> to be any advantage at all to Epson 2200 over 1270/80, if all I want
> to do is print b/w?

No, the quality is equal. But they are just now discontinuing the 1280
printer, so you may want to get that one, with discount/rebate.

> Oh, one last question, I guess:   the only advantages I can see to
> 1280 over 1270 are borderless printing and 2880x720 instead of
> 1440x720.  Are either of those worth paying for?

No.

Jerry