Digital BW, The Print

Hello, I just joined  this group.  Seems like lots of experience here.  I am fairly 
new to all this and I have a question:  I have an Epson Stylus Photo785EPX.  
Does anyone have experience converting this printer to Black and White use 
only?

Thanks for any thoughts.
Steve

Hi Steve

If I have my models right, the 785 is the card-reader equipped 
version of the 780, and takes the T007 and T008 carts. If that is 
the case, it is a cheaper, noisier version of the 870/890, both of 
which have been used succesfully in the past, though I'm not sure 
how much support they have right now with either QTR or IJC/OPM. At 
the very least you can get either empty or pre-filled carts of the 
Eboni ink and get some good Black-Only (BO) prints at 2880dpi. You 
might also be able to adapt Paul Roark's workflows for the 1280 & 890
(same printehead) though it's probably a long shot. Your best 
current headache-free inexpensive approach is probably to leave the 
785 for color, and pick up (eBay?) a C-86 for B&W. The ez-B&W inks 
do a good job, are plug-and-play, and with refillable carts and bulk 
ink the expense is quite low.

Welcome to the group, 

Steve Karafyllakis

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "stephentrinkle88" 
<s.trinkle@v...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello, I just joined  this group.  Seems like lots of experience 
here.  I am fairly 
> new to all this and I have a question:  I have an Epson Stylus 
Photo785EPX.  
> Does anyone have experience converting this printer to Black and 
White use 

> only?
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts.
> Steve

Hello Steve,

Thanks for your reply and suggestions.  Maybe I will start looking around for a 
C-86 since I hear much about using this for dedicated B&W.  I would like to 
buy myself a new Epson 1800 sometime this year....

Thank you again,
Steve T

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven Karafyllakis" 
<steve@s...> wrote:

> 
> Hi Steve
> 
> If I have my models right, the 785 is the card-reader equipped 
> version of the 780, and takes the T007 and T008 carts. If that is 
> the case, it is a cheaper, noisier version of the 870/890, both of 
> which have been used succesfully in the past, though I'm not sure 
> how much support they have right now with either QTR or IJC/OPM. At 
> the very least you can get either empty or pre-filled carts of the 
> Eboni ink and get some good Black-Only (BO) prints at 2880dpi. You 
> might also be able to adapt Paul Roark's workflows for the 1280 & 890
> (same printehead) though it's probably a long shot. Your best 
> current headache-free inexpensive approach is probably to leave the 
> 785 for color, and pick up (eBay?) a C-86 for B&W. The ez-B&W inks 
> do a good job, are plug-and-play, and with refillable carts and bulk 
> ink the expense is quite low.
> 
> Welcome to the group, 
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis
> 
> --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "stephentrinkle88" 
> <s.trinkle@v...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hello, I just joined  this group.  Seems like lots of experience 
> here.  I am fairly 
> > new to all this and I have a question:  I have an Epson Stylus 
> Photo785EPX.  
> > Does anyone have experience converting this printer to Black and 
> White use 
> > only?
> > 
> > Thanks for any thoughts.
> > Steve