Digital BW, The Print

Hmmm. I'm trying to "learn" black and white printing on my new 
Epson c86. Presently, I have only one Eboni black ink in it and the
other three slots are Epson colored inks (the MIS colored inks failed
to print.) I'm, obviously, a newbie. What other black inks can be used
in the c86 for black and white (only) printing. Thanks so much, Madeleine

Madeleine,
I'm beginning that journey myself very soon.  I just got a new c86 on 
ebay to replace the c84 and will retrofit the c84 to run with the MIS 
ez-fill system in a BO configuration. Eboni will also be the only MIS 
cartridge of theirs that I will be using the regular epson inks as 
fillers that will only be depleted during cleaning cycles. Please stay 
tuned and maybe we'll pick up a few others along the way.
Mike Brouphy
Imagination Studio
New Orleans, LA

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "oohlalaland" 
<oohlalaland@g...> wrote:
> Hmmm. I'm trying to "learn" black and white printing on my new 
> Epson c86. Presently, I have only one Eboni black ink in it and the
> other three slots are Epson colored inks (the MIS colored inks failed
> to print.) I'm, obviously, a newbie. What other black inks can be 
used
> in the c86 for black and white (only) printing. Thanks so much, 
Madeleine

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" <mbrouphy@y...> 
wrote:
Hello Madeleine,

Well, you've stumbled into a complicated issue. MIS makes a good ink. Try staying with it 
for a while to see how you like it. There are other ways to print black and white  but take 
some time and wade into the water slowly because the learning curve is steep (it was for 
me anyway). Google black and white photography and read as much as you can about 
everything out there.

Good luck!

Steve

> Madeleine,
> I'm beginning that journey myself very soon.  I just got a new c86 on 
> ebay to replace the c84 and will retrofit the c84 to run with the MIS 
> ez-fill system in a BO configuration. Eboni will also be the only MIS 
> cartridge of theirs that I will be using the regular epson inks as 
> fillers that will only be depleted during cleaning cycles. Please stay 
> tuned and maybe we'll pick up a few others along the way.
> Mike Brouphy
> Imagination Studio
> New Orleans, LA
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "oohlalaland" 
> <oohlalaland@g...> wrote:
> > Hmmm. I'm trying to "learn" black and white printing on my new 
> > Epson c86. Presently, I have only one Eboni black ink in it and the
> > other three slots are Epson colored inks (the MIS colored inks failed
> > to print.) I'm, obviously, a newbie. What other black inks can be 
> used
> > in the c86 for black and white (only) printing. Thanks so much, 
> Madeleine