Digital BW, The Print

Hi Justin,

I just picked up the C84 and ordered the MIS EZ inks - could you 
share with me your experiences thus far on which paper(s) and 
settings (RGB or greyscale image, paper settings, colour settings in 
the Epson properties, etc) things work best?  I'm working on a very 
limited budget and can't experiment a whole lot, so any feedback 
would be really great.  I've read Paul's comments on setting contrast 
to -15 and brightness to -5 and that EEM seems to work, but that's 
about it... have you experienced the same as him?

Thanks,

Scott


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Justin 
Florentine <justin@b...> wrote:
> I've been toying with the EZ / C84 combo.  I'll be submitting images
> made with it in the May print exchange.  This combination is not 
only
> effective, but it rivals my 2200 with QTR.  C84 has better shadow 
detail
> than the 2200 prints, but the 2200 were sharper.
> 
> I biggest plus however was the output on semigloss paper.  Looked
> great.  C84 is also dead simple to use.  No curves, no RIP.
> 
> On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 00:51, rschllr wrote:
> > Just curious if anyone is using this combination yet and how it 
> > compares to some other Epson printers, such as the 1280 or 960, 
in 
> > terms of smoothness of tone and lack of microbanding?   The C84 
is a 
> > four color lower end printer, I had an older 4 color epson that 
even 
> > with Lyson Quad Blacks did not give the same results in terms of 
> > tonal smoothness as an older 6 color epson, an 870.
> > 
> > I'm more interested in the neutral tone EZ inks, not the warm.  
And I 
> > would be curious if the Epson black ink cart can be left and used 
as 
> > high-capacity carts from Epson are available for that position.
> > 
> > thanks to all, Rick
> > 
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