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Re: Sanity Check

2011-10-25 by wrkrparasite

Well, for what it's worth, I use an 1100 with the EZ inks. I originally started printing with a WorkForce 30 with the EZ inks and liked the quality and simplicity, but like you I wanted to go bigger. So I bought the 1100 and just swapped the EZ cartridges into it. I've been refilling them with a bottle of the EZ Eboni black and the EZ warm cyan. 

I'll be honest and say I had no idea that there was any sort of substantial difference between how the printers print. I just knew that the 1100 would take the same cartridges and assumed that it was pretty much the same, just bigger. I use the same printer settings for the 1100 with the EZ ink that I was using for the WF 30.

All that being said (and now knowing that I've been using the wrong inks for my printer!), I've been extremely pleased with the results. I primarily make my finished prints on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth, and I think they look great. Note that these prints are definitely warm tone, but for what I do it's perfect. Your mileage, obviously, may vary. 

Different papers will print with varying levels of warmth. In my (admittedly) limited experience, the Hahnemuhle rag that I use is at the warmer end of the spectrum. Papers like PremierArt Hot Press and Freestyle's Arista II 100% rag paper are more (though not entirely) neutral. Canson's Rag Photographique is somewhere in between. I find the Canson Aquarelle rag to be closer to the Hahnemuhle rag in warmth.

I'm obviously pretty new at this, so feel free to take everything I say with a grain of salt.

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