Digital BW, The Print

Thank you for responding to my questions. That was good feedback. I 
think I will try the BO only first just to be able to keep things 
simple and the ink flowing more easily (one ink to replace), though I 
realize it might not measure up, in which case I would have to go the 
EZQuad route. Please feel free to add any more suggestions.  

Walter




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danny" 
<dannyt@f...> wrote:
> That's odd, my experience with C86 in BO mode will show severe 
banding.
> 
> danny
> 
> > 
> > I have had a lot of success with BO mode in with my C86, both 
with 
> > the Epson OEM black ink and with the MIS Eboni ink. In fact, when 
I 
> > got the EZ inkset and installed it, I had a hard time 
> > distinguishing the EZ inkset prints from my BO prints of the same 
> > file at normal viewing distances (though the tone of the BO 
prints 
> > is perceptibly warmer).
> > 
> > Lately I've been having some banding problems with BO, though. I 
> > need to do some alignments or cleanings to try to fix that.
> > 
> > There may be sample variability among printers that leads to 
people 
> > reporting varying degrees of success with the C86 in BO mode. 
> > Really, all I did was check "Black Ink Only" and go for it. The 
> > results (until recently) have been great and BO mode uses FAR 
less 
> > ink than the printing with the full EZ inkset.
> > 
> > Jordan
> > 
> > Danny Twang wrote:
> >> Hi Walter,
> >> 
> >> C86 will not do a good job with black only. The trick is to get 
the  
> >> EZ ink from MIS, either warm or neutral or both, and use them 
instead  
> >> of the color ink.
> >> As for setting, well I don't do much adjusting at all with this 
set  
> >> up, only minor tweaking with brightness and contrast in the 
printer  
> >> drive....