Digital BW, The Print

You may wish to consider the Epson 2200.  It is very widely 
supported, does a great job on B&W, has lots of inksets to choose 
from, takes 13 inch wide sheet or roll stock, and can be used with 
various RIPs (IJC/OPM, QTR, ImagePrint, etc) or with Quad inksets and 
Photoshop curves.  Not exactly lightning fast however.  

Lou

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "William Real" 
<realw@c...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am trying to budget for a project that will entail making around 
> 30,000 unique 8x10 b+w ink jet prints. I need to estimate the 
number 
> of 
> cartridges I might need to buy. I have not chosen a printer yet but 
> the Epson 4000 is one that is under consideration. Speed is 
somewhat 
> of a factor.
> 
> Do any of you know how many 8x10 b+W prints I might get, at a 
medium 
> quality setting like 720 dpi, on photo quality ink-jet paper, for 
> each black ink cartridge for the Epson 4000?
> 
> Do you have any suggestions for other printers to consider? A 
decent 
> printer that is relatively fast at the settings I described, and 
for 
> which there are continuous inking systems available, would be of 
> interest to me. [The Epson 4000 does not seem to have any 3rd party 
> continuous inking systems--does it?]. I would consider an A4 
printer 
> but it would be nice to have the option to print to 13" width.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William