Digital BW, The Print

Having read the recent debates about a dedicated B/W printer I am wondering
if I should get a new Epson.  At the moment I am using a 2200 with MIS Ebony
to produce B/O prints which I am pretty happy with (thanks Clayton).

In the UK the 1280 is not available, so is the 1290s the equivalent?  What
is the difference between the 1290 and 1290s?

I am thinking about trying the MIS Ultra Tones (2?)

Any help would be appreciated

Martin

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<ms.photolists@v...> wrote:
> Having read the recent debates about a dedicated B/W printer I am 
wondering
> if I should get a new Epson.  At the moment I am using a 2200 with 
MIS Ebony
> to produce B/O prints which I am pretty happy with (thanks Clayton).
> 
> In the UK the 1280 is not available, so is the 1290s the 
equivalent?  What
> is the difference between the 1290 and 1290s?
> 
> I am thinking about trying the MIS Ultra Tones (2?)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated
> 
> Martin

Hi Martin, I have a 1290 and 1290s.  They are essentially the same 
(except for some reason that the 1290s is significiantly faster, a 
firmware update perhaps).  Physically there is not much difference 
between them and the 1280, but the driver is different.
Whereas Paul created some very nice curves for the VM set for the 
1290, the UTs are currently not supported directly (can't speak for 
the UT2s but they've certainly got my attention).  The 1280 curves 
(UT) used on the 1290 are not workable, certainly the dedicated 
curves were better on VM and I use the VM curves for the UT (which is 
also not ideal).  I understand that it should be possible to use the 
1280 driver to run the 1290 printer and then the curves will be spot 
on.  I am in the process of getting this set-up.  I am very curious 
as to whether the UT2s will be a little more universal, I certainly 
sounds as if this is Paul's goal and he is seemingly doing a very 
good job of developing these inksets for a much wider audience 
(applause).

Kind regards

Steve

Steve,

>...I am very curious as to whether the UT2s will be a little more
>universal, ...

So am I.  I suspect the default g/s, "no workflow" printing will be fine.
However, I also suspect that the curve for the full RGB controls will have
to be tailored to the 1290.  Luckily, part of the difference in the UT &
UT-2 is that the UT-2 curves are much easier to deal with.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com