Digital BW, The Print

I am sorry if this has been asked a million times.... I am getting back into B/W after a long absence and very keen to print nicely. I use to do wet B/W working with the zone system. While I can see that there is lots of good information, I am struggling to find a very simple 'how to do it' type of resource that says which current printers are appropriate, where to buy inks etc. I probably want to start with A4 as I can't really afford a bigger printer. Also I live in the UK. If anyone can point me to a resource or website then that would be very kind,

Thanks,

David

Hi David,

It's pretty simple to explain,

1) Use Epson because that's what everyone else does, so lots of support.
2) If you are on a tight budget then you want to get either an R800 or R1400
if not then the R1900 is the printer of choice.
3) Inks - well if you have $$ buy Cone inks from Inkjetmall, if not them
home brew. http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/ is the home brew Guru. More
info on the printers there as well.

I am in UK as well. So if you need more info on where to get what - just
ask.

Mike



On 18 March 2010 11:25, davidtannahill@... <
davidtannahill@...> wrote:

>
>
> I am sorry if this has been asked a million times.... I am getting back
> into B/W after a long absence and very keen to print nicely. I use to do wet
> B/W working with the zone system. While I can see that there is lots of good
> information, I am struggling to find a very simple 'how to do it' type of
> resource that says which current printers are appropriate, where to buy inks
> etc. I probably want to start with A4 as I can't really afford a bigger
> printer. Also I live in the UK. If anyone can point me to a resource or
> website then that would be very kind,
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>  
>


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Dear Mike.

Thanks for the pointers that is very helpful. I am sure that I will lots of other questions...

With best wishes,

David

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@...> wrote:

>
> Hi David,
> 
> It's pretty simple to explain,
> 
> 1) Use Epson because that's what everyone else does, so lots of support.
> 2) If you are on a tight budget then you want to get either an R800 or R1400
> if not then the R1900 is the printer of choice.
> 3) Inks - well if you have $$ buy Cone inks from Inkjetmall, if not them
> home brew. http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/ is the home brew Guru. More
> info on the printers there as well.
> 
> I am in UK as well. So if you need more info on where to get what - just
> ask.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> On 18 March 2010 11:25, davidtannahill@... <
> davidtannahill@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I am sorry if this has been asked a million times.... I am getting back
> > into B/W after a long absence and very keen to print nicely. I use to do wet
> > B/W working with the zone system. While I can see that there is lots of good
> > information, I am struggling to find a very simple 'how to do it' type of
> > resource that says which current printers are appropriate, where to buy inks
> > etc. I probably want to start with A4 as I can't really afford a bigger
> > printer. Also I live in the UK. If anyone can point me to a resource or
> > website then that would be very kind,
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hello David,

>I am sorry if this has been asked a million times.... I am getting back into B/W after a long absence and very keen to print nicely. I use to do wet B/W working with the zone system. While I can see that there is lots of good information, I am struggling to find a very simple 'how to do it' type of resource that says which current printers are appropriate, where to buy inks etc. I probably want to start with A4 as I can't really afford a bigger printer. Also I live in the UK. If anyone can point me to a resource or website then that would be very kind,

There are a number of technical articles on BW printing at the link below which discuss various printers, inks, papers and techniques.  This is a great time to be getting into it.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm