Digital BW, The Print

Paul, 
Thank you very much. It sounds like the C84 is the way to go.

   Stuart       
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Stuart,
> 
> >... regarding the new EZ black and white process. I
> >have access to bot a C82 and a C84.
> >Which is the best to use with this process ?
> 
> The C84 seems to print at a higher contrast than the C82.  The C82
output
> matches my CRT better, but the C84, with the driver contrast slider
pulled
> down a bit to open up the shadows matches the LCD displays I have
better.
> 
> The C82 under-prints the black with color ink.  So does the C84 most
of the
> time.  This lowers dmax.  On EEM and PhotoRag it's still OK, but on some
> other papers it's marginal.  The C84 on Plain Paper setting does not
> under-print the blacks.  As such, the C84 with Plain Paper setting
gets as
> good a dmax as the more expensive printers.  I have not been able to
test a
> C82 to see if that is also the case with that printer.  If someone
out there
> can just print and compare some 100% black patches with EEM and then
Plain
> Paper settings on EEM, we might be able to tell.
> 
> (I don't know about ink usage, I'd assume it is the same.)
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com