Digital BW, The Print

I have experience with the 860 and the C84 - so my
comments should apply.

My first quadtone experience was an epson 860 with the
piezography driver.  Due to piezo manufacturing
problems, I switched to the MIS FS inkset and was
quite pleased with the results.  I still believe that
the 1160/860 printers with the R9 driver give
excellent results.  I did have an epson 1280 that ran
both the Piezo and UT2 inks as well as printing black
only - but I prefer the look of the 1160/860 Piezo
prints above the other solutions.

The c84 and the MIS EZ black and white are an
excellent combination.  However, the output is quite
different than that of your piezography printer.  The
best explanation of the prints is that they are a
superior version of black only prints from a 1280. 
This being said because the print is very smooth, but
you can detect a certain level of dots within the
highlights (at very close range).  The prints are
extremely smooth, and the color is very pleasing.  I
am using the original black cartridge from Epson, I
imagine as soon as I switch to Eboni the prints will
still be excellent.

Personally I believe that the 860/R9 is a better
combination because of the highlights.  However, to
the C84's benefit the prints exactly match what's on
my screen.  It took a few test prints, but I am
printing WYSIWYG.  This is one of the difficulties
with the Piezography/R9 Driver.

Due to the advanced age of the 860, I would print with
that until it goes.  The C84 can be purchased new for
79 dollars (after rebate) and the CMY EZBW inks are
only 32.85 plus shipping (if you use the supplied
Epson black cartridge).  That's a grand total of
112.00 plus shipping for quadtone printing.  I can't
think of an easier or more cost effective method of
black and white printing (except for black only, but
that technically is not quadtone).

As the c84 is a bare bones printer, I do get more
banding than with the higher priced models - but for
the price it can't be beat.

Don



--- lancscott <lancscott@...> wrote:
> Anybody using the new MIS EZ inks in their C82 happy
> with the 
> results?   I've been using the original MIS inks in
> my trusty Epson 
> 860 with the original R9 software.  Was thinking of
> switching, but 
> was not sure if I would like the results.
> 



	
		
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