Shopping for a new Inkjet Printer

[EmerginT]

Hi! I am shopping for a new inkjet printer to use at work to print film for screenprinting. We only need to print black all day - our other printer is an Epson Pro 4000 but it takes these giant ink cartridges (8 of them - $109 a piece! Expensive for printing only 1 color)
For a while we also had an Epson Stylus 1520 - but that one started working only occasionally and we have since retired it.
I'd prefer a printer that i can just run across the street to Office Max to buy ink instead of have to go to the fancy camera store.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!

[budafist]

People use inkjets for film?

I was under the impression that you needed toner for the film. Wouldn't it be cheaper just to get a cheap but strong laser black and white printer/photocopier?

[EmerginT]

From what i understand, laser printers shrink the film and can mess up the registration.

[budafist]

As you were then. I've never done screen printing before.

[EmerginT]

Does anyone on this site do screenprinting or print film for anything?

[steve2112]

I make film all day at our print shop but we have a Agfa Selectset image setter and go to real film. At home i have a epson 2200 and I have found certain types of clear paper it should fit print. It is label for my epson i just never had an occasion to use it. I thin the company is called inkjet art. I still would use it for screenprinting as i dont think the toner would like being lit really hot. We charge like 10 bucks for a film transparencies and it works so much better for burning screens that what we did off a copier or inkjet. That stuff will smudge and you will loose defintion in the tight lights not to mention the chance of uneven coating.

steve