Digital BW, The Print

It's been since August since I bought this 1160 and haven't been able to decide which inks to buy.  I was planning to order the CIS from Mediastreet but they are currently out of stock.  This printer still has the packing tape on it?  If you were starting from scratch which ink and paper combination would you start from?  (looking to cut out alot of the trial and error if that is possable)  I have the 1200 and Generations Enhanced Colour which isn't working for me (another story)  So I'd like the grey scale to at least go my way with the hopefull avoidance of Murphy's Law which loves me so dearly,

In all the camera discussion I haven't seen any mention of the fuji 6900, this is the camera I have.  Does anyone else have experience with this model and quad tone printing?

Will it matter if I run the epson colour through this printer to at least make sure it's running before I put greyscale in it?

Elizabeth


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>It's been since August since I bought this 1160 and haven't been 
>able to decide which inks to buy.  I was planning to order the CIS 
>from Mediastreet but they are currently out of stock.  This printer 
>still has the packing tape on it?  If you were starting from scratch 
>which ink and paper combination would you start from?  (looking to 
>cut out alot of the trial and error if that is possable)  I have the 
>1200 and Generations Enhanced Colour which isn't working for me 
>(another story)  So I'd like the grey scale to at least go my way 
>with the hopefull avoidance of Murphy's Law which loves me so dearly,
>
>In all the camera discussion I haven't seen any mention of the fuji 
>6900, this is the camera I have.  Does anyone else have experience 
>with this model and quad tone printing?
>
>Will it matter if I run the epson colour through this printer to at 
>least make sure it's running before I put greyscale in it?
>
>Elizabeth

I would use the Epson inks until you've made sure you can get a 
satisfactory alignment on the paper(s) you think you'll want to use 
with the quadtone inks you decide to start with. Then it would be 
easier to return the printer if you had to. And it's been said, I 
believe more on the Piezograpy lists than on this one, that the Epson 
inks do a better job of getting out the lubricant Epson puts in new 
printers. But maybe if you don't put Piezo inks in that doesn't 
matter.

After a lot of lurking on these lists, I decided to start with Epson 
Archival Matte (EAM) and Crane's Museo, partly in hopes of proofing 
for Museo on the relatively inexpensive EAM. And to wait for MIS 
(inksupply.com) to offer a Variable Mix Quadtone inkset in the 
Neutral - Sepia range newly developed by Paul Roark. But I'm 
re-printing mostly relatively warm old photographs; you might prefer 
a cooler range of tones. And in that case, I think I might have 
preferred Hahnemuhle PhotoRag (Royal Renaissance at MediaStreet?) to 
Museo.

In any case, judging from my experience, you have one or two weeks to 
decide because the CIS is not stocked at either MediaStreet or 
InkJetArt.com. (It was less expensive for me at InkJetArt because 
they pay the shipping. But I got faster service from MediaStreet.)

Sam