Digital BW, The Print

"Robert" <bobbylipman@...> wrote:
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> ...I quickly started getting prints I was very happy with. ...

I'm glad the C88 "EZ" approach is working for you.  The C88+ "EZ" inkset approach (one K and 3 identical midtones) is just that -- very easy.  With only 2 inks to maintain, one of which can be user mixed 13.5% Eboni, this system is probably the cheapest and easiest road to good B&W.  I use it for my kids at college for that reason.

(By the way, the reason for the "13.5%" dilution for the midtone Eboni is simply to allow people to buy off the shelf Eboni-6 M and LC bottles and mix them together to make the Eboni "EZ" dilution.  Home mixing of the C6 version does not need to have 3-place accuracy.)

One question I've had for a while is whether there is any interest in taking this approach to 13" wide paper with the Epson Workforce 1100.  That printer appears to combine the C88 three midtone approach with a dual K for very fast text printing.  It could make the cheapest and easiest 13" B&W system, with MIS having existing inks available for matte and glossy, neutral to sepia.

Let me know your thoughts.  It would probably be easy to do this.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com