Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the pointer.  I was so happy with the results from my quad
740 (and a couple long nights tweaking curves) that I hadn't really
considered a hex.  I guess my only hesitation would be based on a
speculation that the C86, a pigment printer, would take to the heavy
inks better than the dye printers.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> The "EZ" inks are just that.  If you wanted more of a challenge,
designing
> your own curves, then you could do either a monotone partition with
UT-FS or
> a variable-tone with the UT (aka UT1) inkset.  The C88 is more like
the old
> 1160 (a quad) than the printers that use the UT2 (hextone variable
tone).
> 
> If you have not purchased a printer yet, consider the hextone R220.
 I have
> an "EZ" design for it and the R200 (not yet but soon available from
MIS),
> and the UT2 or UT7, in addition to variants of these, run on these
modern
> but cheap hextone printers.  The existing curves sets for the 1280
and 2200
> do not work on the R200/220, but the printer is a very capable
printer that
> can make letter size prints that are about as good as it gets.  It
may be a
> more satisfying printer to play with if you want the challenge of making
> your own curves and inkset modifications.
>