Digital BW, The Print

Stuart,

>... regarding the new EZ black and white process. I
>have access to bot a C82 and a C84.
>Which is the best to use with this process ?

The C84 seems to print at a higher contrast than the C82.  The C82 output
matches my CRT better, but the C84, with the driver contrast slider pulled
down a bit to open up the shadows matches the LCD displays I have better.

The C82 under-prints the black with color ink.  So does the C84 most of the
time.  This lowers dmax.  On EEM and PhotoRag it's still OK, but on some
other papers it's marginal.  The C84 on Plain Paper setting does not
under-print the blacks.  As such, the C84 with Plain Paper setting gets as
good a dmax as the more expensive printers.  I have not been able to test a
C82 to see if that is also the case with that printer.  If someone out there
can just print and compare some 100% black patches with EEM and then Plain
Paper settings on EEM, we might be able to tell.

(I don't know about ink usage, I'd assume it is the same.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com