Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Kip Babington 
> 
> Do you know if the R220 is any "tougher" printer than the C84 
series?  
> At the price I would assume not.  My impression is that the C84 
design 
> life is no more than a few thousand prints.

Kip,

I don't know if the R220 is any tougher than the C8x series, but I 
doubt it. However, it does have the feature of enabling you to print 
on CD's and DVD's (you need special optical media which is designed 
for this kind of printing).

As far as B&W printing goes, the R220 is a 6-ink printer, so the EZ 
prints are supposed to be a bit smoother (though my C86 prints are 
darn smooth). Its main appeal from my standpoint is that it 
supposedly does better black-only printing than the C8x printers, 
and you have more flexibility with the inkset. More info from Paul 
Roark here:

http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/

I also recall seeing a couple of recent R220-related posts on this 
list.

I currently have two C86's, both using refillable carts. One has EZ 
inks and is dedicated to B&W printing. The other has MIS PRO inks 
(pigmented). I'm quite satisfied with both. I also have an 
inexpensive Canon Pixma printer, which makes lovely color prints, 
but alas they're not archival.

Cheers,
Mitch