Digital BW, The Print

Hi there

A brief question for my first posting.  I have an Epson Stylus Photo 900 
and I'd like to make some high quality B+W prints on it.  I found the MIS 
site, which doesn't directly support it.  However, the T009 cartridge that 
the 900 uses is the same as that for the 1270 and 1280, which MIS does make 
(http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/quadcart.html#1270).  Is it 
a simple as using that cartridge int he printer and all will be fine?

As another option, if I get an empty cartridge (ARC-T009-EC ) and one of 
the 6-tone hextone ink set refills, can I simply make my own?  Or is there 
more to it than that?

Or are there high quality B+W cartridges for the 900 out there somewhere?

Thanks!

Hi there

A brief question for my first posting.  I have an Epson Stylus Photo 900 
and I'd like to make some high quality B+W prints on it.  I found the MIS 
site, which doesn't directly support it.  However, the T009 cartridge that 
the 900 uses is the same as that for the 1270 and 1280, which MIS does make 
(http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/quadcart.html#1270).  Is it 
a simple as using that cartridge int he printer and all will be fine?

As another option, if I get an empty cartridge (ARC-T009-EC ) and one of 
the 6-tone hextone ink set refills, can I simply make my own?  Or is there 
more to it than that?

Or are there high quality B+W cartridges for the 900 out there somewhere?

Thanks!

Mike,

I don't know if the 900 uses the same basic driver as the 1280 or 1290.
Epson typically has smaller versions of the 13" printers that do, indeed,
work with the same curves as the larger models.

The curves are printer specific, however, and mixing your own inkset and
writing curves is not a trivial matter.  You'd probably save money in the
long run by getting a printer that is supported for the inkset you want to
use.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dickson [mailto:mike.dickson@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:21 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] New member question


Hi there

A brief question for my first posting.  I have an Epson Stylus Photo 900
and I'd like to make some high quality B+W prints on it.  I found the MIS
site, which doesn't directly support it.  However, the T009 cartridge that
the 900 uses is the same as that for the 1270 and 1280, which MIS does make
(http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/quadcart.html#1270).  Is it
a simple as using that cartridge int he printer and all will be fine?

As another option, if I get an empty cartridge (ARC-T009-EC ) and one of
the 6-tone hextone ink set refills, can I simply make my own?  Or is there
more to it than that?

Or are there high quality B+W cartridges for the 900 out there somewhere?

Thanks!



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>Mike,
>
>I don't know if the 900 uses the same basic driver as the 1280 or 1290.
>Epson typically has smaller versions of the 13" printers that do, indeed,
>work with the same curves as the larger models.

My 900 died almost two years ago, but I still miss it. My impression 
is that it's more like the 1160 than like the 1280 and 1290, but I'm 
not sure what the implications of that would be for the drivers.


>The curves are printer specific, however, and mixing your own inkset and
>writing curves is not a trivial matter.  You'd probably save money in the
>long run by getting a printer that is supported for the inkset you want to
>use.
>
>Paul
>http://www.PaulRoark.com

My remembrance is that the the 980 was (is?) supported for the 
original Piezography inkset, and the 980 was, I believe, the direct 
descendant of the 900 - basically just faster. But I never heard 
anyone say that the Piezo' driver for the 980 could be made to work 
for the 900.

Mike might want to consider trying black-only B&W printing on his 
900, but I haven't any cartridge suggestions for him.

Sam

Thanks for the tips.  Note that Im talking about the photo 900, not
the color 900.  If the 1280 could print to thick stck, and directly
onto printable CDs I'd buy one in a second.

Iguess I'm stuck with what I have :(

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> >Mike,
> >
> >I don't know if the 900 uses the same basic driver as the 1280 or 1290.
> >Epson typically has smaller versions of the 13" printers that do,
indeed,
> >work with the same curves as the larger models.
> 
> My 900 died almost two years ago, but I still miss it. My impression 
> is that it's more like the 1160 than like the 1280 and 1290, but I'm 
> not sure what the implications of that would be for the drivers.
> 
> 
> >The curves are printer specific, however, and mixing your own
inkset and
> >writing curves is not a trivial matter.  You'd probably save money
in the
> >long run by getting a printer that is supported for the inkset you
want to

> >use.
> >
> >Paul
> >http://www.PaulRoark.com
> 
> My remembrance is that the the 980 was (is?) supported for the 
> original Piezography inkset, and the 980 was, I believe, the direct 
> descendant of the 900 - basically just faster. But I never heard 
> anyone say that the Piezo' driver for the 980 could be made to work 
> for the 900.
> 
> Mike might want to consider trying black-only B&W printing on his 
> 900, but I haven't any cartridge suggestions for him.
> 
> Sam