Digital BW, The Print

I have an Epson 1280 and will purchase the new 2200. I will want one 
printer dedicated for B&W.

Should I use the 1280 with a B&W inkset or should I use the 2200 with 
the inkset ?

I'm new to the B&W side of digital and not sure where to start.

Regards,

Marc

Marc,

Sounds like you are at where I expect to be in a few weeks. I just sold my 
Epson 2000P and will replace it with a 2200. I want the 2200 first for 
color but am also interested in seeing what it will do with b/w. I also 
have a 1280 I use solely for b/w printing. I've been using the MIS FS ink 
set and will try the MIS FS-N ink when the FS carts run out. I make prints 
using the PiezographyBW Photoshop plug-in. The Piezography driver is a 
pretty easy way to go as it has built-in profiles for a number of papers. 
The MIS FS inks work fairly well with the PZ driver. I've had good results 
with these papers: Crane's Museo, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag and German Etching 
(called Orwell on Jon Cone's site -- see below).

Going with the MIS FS carts in the 1280 is fairly easy. You don't need to 
get cleaning carts if you've been using the Epson ink. Just run a few flush 
images and cleaning cycles when you put the MIS carts in (see the MIS Web 
site for more information). The PZ driver will cost you a bit -- $150.

Some links if you are interested:

MIS (ink and paper): www.inksupply.com
PZ software (developed by a company called R9 and for a time sold 
exclusively by Jon Cone's InkJetMall company): www.bwguys.com
Place to get the software and paper: www.inkjetgoodies.com
Place to get more paper: www.inkjetart.com
Jon Cone's site (software and paper): www.inkjetmall.com

Something else to consider: Rumour has it Epson will be releasing a b/w 
inkset for the 2200.

Jeff Greer

At 10:15 PM 09/13/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>I have an Epson 1280 and will purchase the new 2200. I will want one
>printer dedicated for B&W.
>
>Should I use the 1280 with a B&W inkset or should I use the 2200 with
>the inkset ?
>
>I'm new to the B&W side of digital and not sure where to start.
>
>Regards,
>
>Marc
>
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Marc,

At the moment there are no grayscale inks available for the 2200 and there
will not be (unless Epson does them) until the cartridge chips have been
reverse engineered and/or chip resetters designed. I suspect that the wait
for chips will be much shorter than wait was for the 1280. So your  best bet
would be to put gray inks in the 1280 and use the 2200 for color and B&W
perhaps.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "marc35ca" <mbergeron@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:15 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] 1 color , 1 B/W printer, Epson 1280, 2200 which set up
is best


> I have an Epson 1280 and will purchase the new 2200. I will want one
> printer dedicated for B&W.
>
> Should I use the 1280 with a B&W inkset or should I use the 2200 with
> the inkset ?
>
> I'm new to the B&W side of digital and not sure where to start.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
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