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RE: [Digital BW] C84 & EZ Inks

2004-04-12 by Don M

Paul Roark wrote:
>Don,
>
> >With the EZ ink system, do you just send a full-color RGB file to be
> >printed?
> >Or do you convert it to monochrome as with a "regular" printer?
>
>Since the ink tone & densities are the same in each color position (unless
>you are mixing the neutral and warm tone carts) a color image will often
>look fine printed without first being converted to grayscale.  However,
>since the yellow tends to print lighter in the midtones than the other inks,
>yellows may be very light.  Also, the color image may be using mostly one
>ink instead of 3 to build up density.  As such, the RGB version of a file
>may print with less smoothness than the grayscale version.
>
>Do some comparisons and let us know how they look.
>
>Paul
>www.PaulRoark.com

OK, it's a deal.  Thank you for the reply, Paul.
I still have to get off the fence and buy the printer.

-Don M

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