I've been following the discussions regarding BO printing over on the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/ group and thought I'd give it a try.
Epson Canada are currently selling R220's for the same price as a set of ink cartidges. Since I already have an R300, which can use the same cartridges, the printer is basically free. I ordered some Eboni Black (neutral) ink from MIS Associates http://www.inksupply.com/utr2.cfm . The printer and ink both arrived today and I just ran off my first couple of prints on Epson Enhanced Matte paper using only the Eboni black ink. To my eyes they look good. The greenish tint I was getting with Epson black ink (dye-based) has gone. The prints seem to very neutral in colour, but seem to have a nice wide range of tones. This is using black ink only, not the full set that MIS also sell. If you would like to learn more take a look at Clayton Jones' site http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm or check out the Yahoo group. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Widall, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall Images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
