Digital BW, The Print

Miguel,

You wrote:

>... how do you rate the results, sepia-wise, both on the
>epson 870 and the 1160. I guess the 1160 is superior, right?

I have not loaded any MIS VM-Sepia into the 870 yet.  So, of course, that
also means I have not tweaked the curves to print the sepia or done a
comparison of the 870 to the 1160 with that inkset.  I intend to load the
vm-sepia into the 870 within a day or so.

As to the quality of the printers otherwise, the 870 is better than the old
1160.  It's both sharper and smoother.  But, I really don't like the chips
or messing with 2 more inks.  I'm going to have my 1160 fixed so that I can
go back to that machine for working on Piezo - compatible inks (including a
dye-based inkset for glossies and for digital negatives) and inks for the
3000.  But, for ultimate quality, and if you are going to use a CIS/CFS and
stick to one inkset, the modern hextone printers really are better.

>Do you also use the EAM paper on the 1160?

Yes.  I also cut pieces out of a 24" roll of it for the 3000.

Paul