Digital BW, The Print

Could someone please confirm that the minimum requirements for doing BO
printing on an R220 printer would be a single, spongeless refillable
cart plus Eboni and/or Photo Black ink plus chip resetter and syringe,
needle and plugs?

I am still confused by the array of kits but don't want to buy a
complete refill kill if it is not necessary. 

Thanks in advance.

D r e w

Hello Drew,

The absolute minimum requirement for BO printing on the Epson R220
using  matte paper is to use one Prefilled Spongeless MISPRO Matte
Black Eboni Cart with Chip at $10.95

The next step up is to get one or more empty carts and chips for the K
position, a 4oz bottle of Ebony black, a chip resetter, serynge and
bottom fill adaptor. 

You can also get empty carts for the other inks position, fill them
with  MIS cleaning fluid. That's the setup I'm using with an Epson R260.

Are non Epson carts still available from MIS? You'll have to check
with them.

Cheers,
Andre

Drew,

I agree totally with the respondent to your question... (can't see his
name right now the way this page is set up). But that's exactly how I
got started, with a 220 and the Eboni cartridge in the black position.
Worked just great. My only concern now is as to the future
availability of these carts in view of the Epson suit.

But yes, his recommendation is an excellent way to start. It's simple
and straightforward with very pleasing results. Have you seen Clayton
Jones' website? I can post that link later if you'd like.

Hope this helps,

Paul

Another way to try it would be to use QTR and the BO profiles for the
220 but use the OEM Espon MK. I did tests while waiting for my MIS ink
and it made some very good results. Much warmer than Eboni but gives
yuo a feel of what you can achieve. If you like it with the OEM you'll
love it with the Eboni.

Denis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whiting"
<paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

>
> Drew,
> 
> I agree totally with the respondent to your question... (can't see his
> name right now the way this page is set up). But that's exactly how I
> got started, with a 220 and the Eboni cartridge in the black position.
> Worked just great. My only concern now is as to the future
> availability of these carts in view of the Epson suit.
> 
> But yes, his recommendation is an excellent way to start. It's simple
> and straightforward with very pleasing results. Have you seen Clayton
> Jones' website? I can post that link later if you'd like.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Paul
>

Thanks for the responses everyone.

I heeded the warning about getting empty carts. MIS so no stock when you
try to buy, so I ordered 6 refillable carts of Eboni and a 4oz bottle
syringes etc.

I have been playing with some scanned images in Linux using The GIMP and
gutenprint which supports my R230, allows for greyscale/monochrome
printing, and has a tool for print head alignment, nozzle checks etc
etc. all for free! :)  

I have done some printing with the EOM ink. I must say that the result
is quite dependant upon the contrast of the images being printed. A shot
of a gleaming Harley in the sun turned out quite neutral but what I
thought was a great portrait of two friends is rather dull with a
green-ish hue by comparison. 

Looking forward to trying the Eboni!

D r e w

On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 05:55 +0000, the_des_bois wrote:
> Another way to try it would be to use QTR and the BO profiles for the
> 220 but use the OEM Espon MK. I did tests while waiting for my MIS ink
> and it made some very good results. Much warmer than Eboni but gives
> yuo a feel of what you can achieve. If you like it with the OEM you'll
> love it with the Eboni.
> 
> Denis
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whiting"
> <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
> >
> > Drew,
> > 
> > I agree totally with the respondent to your question... (can't see
> his
> > name right now the way this page is set up). But that's exactly how
> I
> > got started, with a 220 and the Eboni cartridge in the black
> position.
> > Worked just great. My only concern now is as to the future
> > availability of these carts in view of the Epson suit.
> > 
> > But yes, his recommendation is an excellent way to start. It's
> simple
> > and straightforward with very pleasing results. Have you seen
> Clayton
> > Jones' website? I can post that link later if you'd like.
> > 
> > Hope this helps,
> > 
> > Paul
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
>