Digital BW, The Print

"dpbreger" <dpbreger@...> wrote:

> I currently print with a Stylus C88+ using the MIS EZN inkset.
> I find it easy to use and affordable if I refill the cartridges.
>  Generally print on Photo Rag.  
> 
> I'm not unhappy  with the prints - except for large, uniform areas
> - but wonder if print quality would improve if I switched to the 
> 1400, perhaps using the UT-14 or some other inkset.

Yes, it would.  The 1400's very small drop size makes a difference.  It also is a hextone printer that is supported by a number of inksets and workflows, and the larger size of print is also nice.  Nothing is going to be as easy as the C88+ with the "EZ" inkset, but it's simplicity also limits its quality and flexibility.

> There is little discussion these days on this forum about the 
> C88+ and imagine most users have moved on to something else 
> (better?).

"Better" is all relative to the intended uses.  For my daughter at college, the ability to set up a C88+ with a cheap CIS and the EZ version of Carbon-6 -- and have it go all year with no refills or maintenance needed -- makes it the best as well as cheapest printer there is for that use.  But for me, the 1400 is much better.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com