There is a Yahoo group called DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint with a lot of people using continuous flow quad and hex tone systems from several different manufacturers on a wide range of Epson printers, including the 1290.
That's probably the best source of user information on these systems. In article <002001c194d3$8884cf20$d7d8c141@comp1>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Carlson) wrote: > If, as I believe, the Epson 1290 is similar or the same as the 1280 in > the > US, it is a six color printer with a cartridge that has a chip on it. > If I > am correct, the 1290 will not be able to be adapted to a quad ink set > for > black and white prints. I used to follow the Epson printer list > referenced > by Tony and at that time, most of the black and white printers (the > people > not the machines) were using the Epson 1160 or 1200 printers and going > with > the piezo system developed by Jon Cone and available from a company > called > "No More Carts". If I wanted to go that route, I would contact Jon Cone > and/or No More Carts and get their recommendation regarding which > printer > (machine) is the best current option. Hope this is helpful. No More > Carts > and probably Jon Cone as well should have a web site. > Regards, Ron Carlson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tomasz Zakrzewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:13 AM > Subject: [filmscanners] OT: Quad-black inks/Epson ink usage > > > > Below is my question I originally posted to www.photo.net but maybe > because > > of badly chosen time (Christmas) no one responded. > > I'd appreciate your help. > > > > "I want to try b&w digital fine-art printing with Quad Black inks from > > Lyson with Epson 1290 or 890 printer. > > What average ink usage do you experience? How often do you change the > > black "color" ink cartridges? > > I'm also curious about the usage of Epson original inks when printing > > color images. > > An additional question: can I get equaly good results with Quad Black > > in Canon S800 printer as with Epsons? It has the benefit of removable > > cartridges and heads so I could switch from color to b&w without a > > problem." > > If you answer, please state print format (A4/A3) so that I can > > calculate > > cost of a single printout in photo-quality. > > > > Regards > > > > Tomasz Zakrzewski > > www.zakrzewski.art.pl > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > -------------- > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message > > title > or body > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message > title or body > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
