Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 2/3/02 11:22:22 AM, DeoOreill@... writes:

<< any experiences you have had with this printer?  should i consider 
others as well?  will i get high quality B&W prints using the color 
inks, or do i need to consider other setups and other inks to do this? 
 can i switch back and forth between color inks and B&W inks easily?

thanks in davance

dennis o'reilly  >>

Hi Dennis:

The 5500 is an excellent printer, especially if you plan to do a lot of 
printing.  The black only printing quality is also excellent, though the 
black ink does suffer from some metamarism.

That being said, the Epson 1280 with either a quad tone set (see 
MISsupply.com (quadtone section)) or using the black only setting with the 
Epson color pigments at 2880 (make sure the heads are well aligned on the 
paper you plan to use) is a much less expensive alternative with the ability 
to do longer than 19" printing.  

Mediastreet.com's new Generations5 is very attractive for the ability to do 
black only and color printing, especially on matte coated watercolor papers.  
I thought that the price for the Niagara/CIS and 4oz bottles of 6 color inks 
was very reasonable ($294).  

Here are some links, as it is rather difficult to find this just by visiting 
the site as a newcomer:

Continous Ink System:
http://www.mediastreet.com/cgi-bin/tame/mediastreet/niagra.tam

MediaStreet.com's Gen5:

N-1270GPRO  Niagara Continuous Ink Flow System for Epson 1270/1280/1290 
INCLUDES SPECIAL Introductory price for 4 ounce bottles of a full set of 
Generations ProPhoto Ink    $294.00

All Mediastreet's Bulk bottles
http://www.mediastreet.com/cgi-bin/tame/mediastreet/g5generations_bulk.tam   

Individual cartridges

http://www.mediastreet.com/cgibin/tame/mediastreet/cartridge_results.tam?rlk=8

31593

Just as an aside, I'm really curious how the black ink only from the 1280 
using gen5 looks on glossy/semigloss papers.

All the best!

-Andy Darlow

Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom Editions
Andrew Darlow Images International, www.andydarlow.com
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on 2/4/02 3:37 PM, shashinka@... wrote:

> Just as an aside, I'm really curious how the black ink only from the 1280
> using gen5 looks on glossy/semigloss papers.
> 
> All the best!
> 
> -Andy Darlow


Andy

I haven't tried gen5 yet, but from talking with their rep the black ink is
the one color which still has some ruboff on glossy media. Their advice is
to try to use a RIP to run some composite black (CMY) in with your pure
black to help "encapsulate" the K ink.

And I'm curios to hear if there is bronzing with these inks on (semi) glossy
papers.

Todd

In a message dated 2/4/02 4:20:17 PM, tflash@... writes:

<< Andy

I haven't tried gen5 yet, but from talking with their rep the black ink is
the one color which still has some ruboff on glossy media. Their advice is
to try to use a RIP to run some composite black (CMY) in with your pure
black to help "encapsulate" the K ink.

And I'm curios to hear if there is bronzing with these inks on (semi) glossy
papers.

Todd >>

Hi Todd:

My advice was based on samples done with a test file(friend's 1160) that I 
use and I was quite impressed with the color intensity and the strong yellow.

However, I didn't like the ink refraction in the darkest patches on Epson 
Semigloss.  That being said, I think that a good test of a dozen or so medias 
will yield a good paper.  I just haven't installed them to try.  I expect to 
know within 3 weeks and I'll report back.

All the best!

-Andy Darlow

Photography, Digital Print Consulting and Custom Editions
Andrew Darlow Images International, www.andydarlow.com
Author: Inkjet Tip of the Month Club (newsletter) 
To subscribe, send e-mail to: Inkjettips-subscribe@yahoogroups.com