Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Justin Florentine
<justin@b...> wrote:
> We'll, I've been a little distracted by my shiny new D70 :), but I'll
> give it a whirl.
> 
> I've only used Epson papers so far, because I have a ton of it lying
> around.  EEM and Semigloss in letter size.  I usually just print an RGB
> image (using PS Elements) through the Epson driver.  Haven't tried the
> brightness/contrast settings you speak of.  I'm pretty sure I used the
> Matte media settings for both types of paper though.  I don't think it
> liked semigloss, but I'll have to try again.
> 
> I really think the EZ stuff is the way to go for those just starting and
> on a limited budget.  There isn't much to say, it 'just works'.  

Justin I'm glad you are having good luck with the C-84.  My C-84 is
about four weeks old.  I have gotten about 6 good prints out of it
with the EZ inks and the Epson original black.  I was very encouraged
at first but now it is always clogged on plain paper settings, will
sometimes print OK on Heavy weight matte setting (but that ruins the
advantage of the C-84 for higher D-Max.) and seems to work fairly well
on epson Glossy Paper, which as you know, is non archival. Of course
everyday I waste several sheets of paper trying to unclog the beast,
but to little avail. The worst offending nozzle is using the original
Epson cartridge!  Heck it won't even print text today. 

My 2200 has had one minor clog in 18 months of use.  So, after I take
the C-84 out to the driveway and smash it with a ballpeen hammer, I
will be returning to BO printing with Eboni on my 2200.  But the idea
of smooth, neutral grayscale was so appealing at one time ;-(

Ol' Don in Broken Arrow