Digital BW, The Print

Hello-
I only heard of quadtone and sixtone a few days ago, after searching around on how to print proper black and white photos via computer.

My question is, must I have an epson, or can I use the inksets in any inkjet photo printer, as long as some kind of 'workflow'-(whatever that is) is created for that printer?

I have a six color Kodak by Lexmark Personal Picture Maker 200 (great name, marketing- at least they didn't call it "Gold").  

Lexmark and Kodak both seem not to want to take credit for making this printer, and carts are high- available, much like aps and disc film, only from kodak it seems... Kodak can't even be bothered to make an osX driver for the thing...

Can I just slap the sixtone inkset in the empty carts and trial and error until it works, or will the printer burst into flame if it's not an epson?

I don't know how much time you have to spare, or what your time is
worth but you would be reinventing the wheel starting off with a
printer that no one else is using for b&w. SWAG would be that you
could spend 300 hours and $200 in ink and paper trying to save buying
a $400 printer. I have a new HP inkjet sitting in the original box in
the closet and two Epsons that I print photos with. Buying the first
Epson (the 2nd was a deal too good to pass up) was a smart move. 

Buy a 1280 or 890, get VM inks in carts from MIS, download Paul
Roark's workflow and curves for free from the MIS site
www.inksupply.com and go printing. Use your Kodak / Lexmark for text
printing until the ink runs out, then give it to a friend. 

Bob Michaels

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"jaeder_instrument" <clint@j...> wrote:
> Hello-
> I only heard of quadtone and sixtone a few days ago, after searching
around on how to print proper black and white photos via computer.
> 
> My question is, must I have an epson, or can I use the inksets in
any inkjet photo printer, as long as some kind of 'workflow'-(whatever
that is) is created for that printer?
> 
> I have a six color Kodak by Lexmark Personal Picture Maker 200
(great name, marketing- at least they didn't call it "Gold").  
> 
> Lexmark and Kodak both seem not to want to take credit for making
this printer, and carts are high- available, much like aps and disc
film, only from kodak it seems... Kodak can't even be bothered to make
an osX driver for the thing...
> 
> Can I just slap the sixtone inkset in the empty carts and trial and
error until it works, or will the printer burst into flame if it's not
an epson?

Thanks for the reply-
Sounds like a good excuse to buy another printer to me!
I'll use the kodak for color baby pictures or something- 

Guess I need to sell a lens or something-
Thanks again-
Clint

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bob_michaels" <bob@b...> wrote:

> I don't know how much time you have to spare, or what your time is
> worth but you would be reinventing the wheel starting off with a
> printer that no one else is using for b&w. SWAG would be that you
> could spend 300 hours and $200 in ink and paper trying to save buying
> a $400 printer. I have a new HP inkjet sitting in the original box in
> the closet and two Epsons that I print photos with. Buying the first
> Epson (the 2nd was a deal too good to pass up) was a smart move. 
> 
> Buy a 1280 or 890, get VM inks in carts from MIS, download Paul
> Roark's workflow and curves for free from the MIS site
> www.inksupply.com and go printing. Use your Kodak / Lexmark for text
> printing until the ink runs out, then give it to a friend. 
> 
> Bob Michaels
> 
>  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
> "jaeder_instrument" <clint@j...> wrote:
> > Hello-
> > I only heard of quadtone and sixtone a few days ago, after searching
> around on how to print proper black and white photos via computer.
> > 
> > My question is, must I have an epson, or can I use the inksets in
> any inkjet photo printer, as long as some kind of 'workflow'-(whatever