There are workarounds for the chips in the 1280/90 carts that work fine.
There are also various different styles of Quad inks from MIS Supply (and
yes, the Nomorecarts continuous ink supply works great.
The are some users of the 1280/90 and quad inks who seem very happy.
I would go to
and ask your question and also hunt through the archives there (you need to
sign up for yahoo first)
Tim A
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Ron Carlson
> Sent: January 3, 2002 8:55 PM
> To: tim@KairosPhoto.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: OT: Quad-black inks/Epson ink usage
>
>
> 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" <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>
> To: <carlson@olypen.com>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
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