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[OM] Re: EPSON 2200 PHTO STYLUS PRINTER

Subject: [OM] Re: EPSON 2200 PHTO STYLUS PRINTER
From: Matthew Born <mborn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:04:32 -0500
Geez, I really should read a whole dang digest before replying! Those are
the inks from MIS -- developed by Paul Roark. I used them in my 1280 before
using them in my 2200. They also work quite well in the 1270/1280, with a
couple of caveats: the 1270/1280 is much more prone to clogging. Paul and
others have speculated that it may be due to the 1280 being designed for
dyes and not pigments (which the MIS inks are). It appears that clogging
issues are a hit or miss thing --  some people get 'em and others don't. I
had a few on my 1280, but never anything terrible that wouldn't clear up
with a couple of cleaning cycles. Some folks get the clog from hell and use
up half their inks trying to clear it. Humidity seems to play a big role --
users in really dry climes get many more problems.

Unless you need to produce long lasting color prints -- for which the 2200
is super -- I'd say try this: pick up one of the cheap Epsons supported by
MIS (such as the C84/C86). It's available everywhere for under $100. It
appears on the Epson site as a refurb from time to time for like $69. (And
on E*ay, they show up all the time for like $29 without ink cartridges --
not a good deal if you then have to buy the OEM Epson inks, but if you're
popping the dedicated B&W carts in there anyway, a great way to go!) Then
pop some of Paul Roarke's inks from MIS in there and print B&W on that
machine while saving your 1270 for color. You won't be disappointed. I ran a
bunch of black and whites on my C82 (virtually identical to the C86 as far
as I can tell) using those inks and the prints were 99% as good as the black
and whites using MIS inks on my 1280 or 2200. The only negatives are smaller
print size (the C82/84/86 is letter size, not 13x19) and the inkset is
either warm or neutral -- you pick when you buy 'em -- there are no toners,
so you can't print cool, warm, carbon, and sepia all from the same inkset as
you can with the 1280 and 2200. Another advantage is that the new "clear"
cartridges from MIS are very easy to refill for the C86 and 2200. A set of
empties, ink in bulk, and a few needles and a chip resetter from MIS and
you're good to go. If you print reasonably regularly you start save money
pretty darned fast when compared with buying pre-filled cartridges from
them. The bottom-fill 1270 cartridges are a real PITA to fill.

Paul Roarke tipped me off to another variation: on the C86-ish printers, he
left the OEM Epson durabrite black ink installed and only installed the MIS
"color position" inks in the other 3 slots (though they have different chips
on the carts, the ink is identical in all 3). This produces even better
black and white prints -- slightly better Dmax than using the MIS eboni
black -- at the expense of somewhat shorter print life. How much shorter I
don't know -- the prints I made that way are still perfect nearly a year
later, just laying loose in my office. I think they're pretty lightfast --
Epson's durabrites do better than the original dyes used in the 1270. Not
quite archival, like the 2200 pigs, but pretty decent.

Another note...Paul Roark is a very decent guy who responds to essentially
every query on the digest. He has the patience of Job for those trying his
inks, answering the same questions over and over with grace and diplomacy.
And he's a wonderful photographer to boot.

Matthew Born

On 1/10/05 9:35 PM, "Listar" <listar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I also have been reading a lot lately about special black and white inks
> for the 1270 from the Paul Roark site and from www.inksupply.com anyone
> have any experience with that route?


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