Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Irelan
<james@r...> wrote:
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>...When I got the 
> 7600 with the Ultrachromes, I expected to see some sort of major 
> improvements on the Generations.  I didn't.  The inks looked ok, but I 
> found myself comparing UC prints to my old Generations 1160 prints to 
> see if they measured up.  They were ok, especially when factoring in 
> that much bigger prints could be made.  But a vast improvement?  No.  
> An improvement at all?  Couldn't prove it by me.

Generations were always pretty darn good, I think the major advantage
of the UCs were that they could print on the more photographic Epson
surfaces. I've never heard UCs were substantially better in other
ways. I've not been paying attention to the latest Generations, maybe
they can print on those surfaces too. I think most people just stick
with OEMs without asking these questions, and Epson is making it
harder to play around.

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>...I would think that dye 
> inks would inherently have not the same clogging problems going through 
> heads that pigments do.  Am I wrong about that?

On the face of it I'd agree, also based on watching people's
experiences over the years as a generalization.
Sounds like you may be the one that tells us for sure <G>.
One color still not functioning eh?
Tyler