Digital BW, The Print

> 
> Grateful for any info,
> 
> -jimmy

> The easiest way is: buy a 1280 and go to Clayton Jones website about
> Black Only printing http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm   Read what
> he has to say then try Black Only printing using the Epson inks. It
> really works well with a 1280. 
> 
> later, buy MIS VM inks (www.inksupply.com) download Paul Roark's
> workflow and curves from the MIS website. 
> 
> Key point: Do you know much about Photoshop? A basic working knowledge
> is essential to being able to print black & white. 
> 
> Learning to print respectable b&w prints digitally is not hard. Once
> you printer is set up and you have some comprehension of Photoshop,
> you should have an acceptable print in an hour. 
> 
> Bob Michaels
> 
>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "j lichtman"
> <jlichtman@y...> wrote:
> > This is my first post post here, please bear with me.  
> > 
> > I'd like to start doing digital BW printing.  Do I buy a Epson 1280,
> or a 2200 (and hope a more then duotone inkset comes out in the near
> future), a 3000 (seems out of the question due to banding problems) or
> a Canon S9000 (if thats the model supported, in hopes of being able to
> more easly deal with clogging)?
> > 
> > Do I buy buy the Piezography software or should I purchase the Image
> Print RIP?  Am I thinking about this correctly?
> > 
> > Grateful for any info,
> > 
> > -jimmy

> hey all. i have been using my epson 890 with MIS' FS
> inkset in carts, which i have been refilling,
> successfully for the past month or so. 
> 
> while my results have been good, i still have a long
> way to go. 
> 
> but now i have run into a problem. i have
> occassionally had clogged heads that a cleaning cycle
> will take care of. but i left my printer idle for a
> couple of days, turned on, and now the photo cyan head
> isn't putting out any ink. 
> 
> i made a print that looked like crap. did a nozzle
> check and found the black ink wasn't shooting any ink.
> so i did a cleaning cycle. the next nozzle check
> showed that the black was now perfect, but that the
> photo cyan position ink wasn't doing anything.
> nothing. 
> 
> so i ran a print through to maybe get it going. still
> no good. another nozzle check, cleaning cycle and
> nozzle checks no improvement. thinking, incorrectly
> now that i think about it, that maybe i had missed
> refilling that ink when i had done the last refill i
> switched to a fresh cartridge. let the cart sit in the
> printer 2-3 hours then ran a nozzle check. still, the
> photo cyan position is putting out no ink. 
> 
> i am letting the printer sit overnight. hopefully this
> will fix itself. but i am not sure it will. 
> 
> i am thinking it is probably air in the print head. is
> this possible or probable? anything else it might be?
> solutions? someone mentioned once a procedure
> involving a syringe and a short length of tubing...
> might this procedure work here? anything else i might
> try? 
> 
> this is the first real problem i have come up against
> in my month or so of digi b&w printing. i would like
> to get past it. all thoughts appreciated. 
> 
> thanks in advance.
> 
> michael meyer
> 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chris Hargens 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ink not coming out...


  Are you using a CFS? You might try the MIS website for info 
  concerning problems with foam and how to deal with them.

  Chris Hargens

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, michael meyer 
  <mikenmeyer@y...> wrote:
  > hey all. i have been using my epson 890 with MIS' FS
  > inkset in carts, which i have been refilling,
  > successfully for the past month or so. 
  > 
  > while my results have been good, i still have a long
  > way to go. 
  > 
  > but now i have run into a problem. i have
  > occassionally had clogged heads that a cleaning cycle
  > will take care of. but i left my printer idle for a
  > couple of days, turned on, and now the photo cyan head
  > isn't putting out any ink. 
  > 
  > i made a print that looked like crap. did a nozzle
  > check and found the black ink wasn't shooting any ink.
  > so i did a cleaning cycle. the next nozzle check
  > showed that the black was now perfect, but that the
  > photo cyan position ink wasn't doing anything.
  > nothing. 
  > 
  > so i ran a print through to maybe get it going. still
  > no good. another nozzle check, cleaning cycle and
  > nozzle checks no improvement. thinking, incorrectly
  > now that i think about it, that maybe i had missed
  > refilling that ink when i had done the last refill i
  > switched to a fresh cartridge. let the cart sit in the
  > printer 2-3 hours then ran a nozzle check. still, the
  > photo cyan position is putting out no ink. 
  > 
  > i am letting the printer sit overnight. hopefully this
  > will fix itself. but i am not sure it will. 
  > 
  > i am thinking it is probably air in the print head. is
  > this possible or probable? anything else it might be?
  > solutions? someone mentioned once a procedure
  > involving a syringe and a short length of tubing...
  > might this procedure work here? anything else i might
  > try? 
  > 
  > this is the first real problem i have come up against
  > in my month or so of digi b&w printing. i would like
  > to get past it. all thoughts appreciated. 
  > 
  > thanks in advance.
  > 
  > michael meyer
  > 
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  > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more
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> Two of us have asked in the past couple weeks whether
> the 890 is the same thing as the 1280, except the 1280
> prints on larger format, and the answers look
> conflicting to me.  We could probably find that out
> some other place though.

> > The easiest way is: buy a 1280 and go to Clayton Jones website about
> > Black Only printing http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm   Read what
> > he has to say then try Black Only printing using the Epson inks. It
> > really works well with a 1280. 
> > 
> > later, buy MIS VM inks (www.inksupply.com) download Paul Roark's
> > workflow and curves from the MIS website. 
> > 
> > Key point: Do you know much about Photoshop? A basic working knowledge
> > is essential to being able to print black & white. 
> > 
> > Learning to print respectable b&w prints digitally is not hard. Once
> > you printer is set up and you have some comprehension of Photoshop,
> > you should have an acceptable print in an hour. 
> > 
> > Bob Michaels
> > 
> >  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "j lichtman"
> > <jlichtman@y...> wrote:
> > > This is my first post post here, please bear with me.  
> > > 
> > > I'd like to start doing digital BW printing.  Do I buy a Epson 1280,
> > or a 2200 (and hope a more then duotone inkset comes out in the near
> > future), a 3000 (seems out of the question due to banding problems) or
> > a Canon S9000 (if thats the model supported, in hopes of being able to
> > more easly deal with clogging)?
> > > 
> > > Do I buy buy the Piezography software or should I purchase the Image
> > Print RIP?  Am I thinking about this correctly?
> > > 
> > > Grateful for any info,
> > > 
> > > -jimmy