the 1280 with Epson inks will do fair to middling at best. you need to replace its inks with a different set of inks not from Epson to get the best B&W results.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: B&W Digital printing > I'm not having much luck printing B&W digitally. > I'm using a Epson 1280 and tried a few different > papers. The main problem is the blacks arent deep enuff. > Is there a particular brand of paper ( I prefer glossy ) > that is know to have the best deep blacks????