Digital BW, The Print

On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Steve wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with the Generations inksets sold at
> various places such as Inkjetmall?
>
> How do they compare to Epson inks?





Compare in what way?  To which inkset- dye or pigments?  On what type  
of paper?  Are you concerned with image quality or image longevity?   
If you print on glossy paper and are not concerned with image  
longevity, there is no reason to switch from Epson apart from cost or  
wanting to use bulk inks.  If you're concerned with archivalness,  
pigments will be much better, but will not print well on glossy  
surfaces. This may have improved with some recent papers somewhat.   
There will be a narrower gamut with pigments, but when I switched to  
Generations years ago, for image longevity reasons,  I was pleasantly  
surprised at how well they printed- on matte papers.  There is  
nothing magical about Generations or any other inkset (and some have  
been a disaster for some of us) speaking generally.  Until you have a  
specific reason to switch to another set, I'd say stick with what you  
have. Epson inks will give you the best image quality and there will  
be things like profiles available for them that will not be as  
available with a third party inkset until you are ready to create  
your own.

James Irelan

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