Digital BW, The Print

Kip Babington <cbabing3@...> wrote:
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> Wow, replace annually.  Hadn't heard that. ...


Probably the recommendation of a seller.


> The C88s seem to be getting less common. 

I switched to the WorkForce line.  For text they are so fast they make a great home office + photo printer.  I just printed my Xmas cards on the WF 1100, using the dyes.


> I see that MIS has a CFS for the Workforce line,

I have not used a CFS on one.  I actually prefer carts.

> but I don't see an EZ inkset for 'em   Is there one ...


The standard MIS EZ inks would work, but I think they're a get light.  I made profiles for an "EZ" type of setup that uses standard LK density inks.  I thought it printed better and would be a more flexible setup.  To avoid confusion, since last I looked MIS had not followed that recommendation, I stopped using the "EZ" name for the LK-density approach.  The LK density single midtone approach I'm calling the "K2-Quad" approach.  It has 4 inks, 3 of which are the K2 Lk, so it is a quad with 2 levels of K.  (That will probably just cause more confusion, but that is what I've moved to.)  Hopefully the profiles will be more portable.

See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1100.pdf

You can see at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/ and http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Inkset-list.html links to various permutations of this approach.  The "sequential" curves seem very portable.  Linearization is usually needed for a different inkset, printer, or paper, but these curves and this approach are rather generic.


> ... or should I just stock up on a couple of more C88s ...

No, I would move on when the C88 crashes.  Printers keep getting better.  The WF line is a worthy successor. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com