Digital BW, The Print

Sorry, everybody, I've got to ask Clayton something a little off-topic. First I will say, however, that I look forward to reading his updated "Paper Chase" article. I've printed out all his white papers and they're very valuable. I've been wanting to try that new Epson paper too, at first largely due to Paul's favorable comments and now Clayton's.

Clayton, in one of those papers you recommended the Epson 200. When I looked for one, it had been updated to the 220 but it's worked out very well. I use it for simple b/w work when I don't want to use my R1800 - that setup requires .tiff files and with the 200 I can print a variety of document types, even WordPerfect.

However, when it joins that great Printer Brotherhood in the sky, what can I replace it with? Paul suggested the C88, but in one of your writings you said the C86 didn't do well with BO printing (I have one Eboni cart and five cleaning carts in the 200). Do you think the C88 or C88+ would be better? (and by the way, what's the "+" for?)

Thank you!

Paul
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ClaytonJ" <cj@...> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> I've been testing Epson's Hot Press Natural and have just updated the "Great Paper Chase" article on the web site with a review (article #5 at the link below).  As Paul has already mentioned, this is a significant paper (I think he said it may be a "game changer") and is certainly a welcome addition to the matte paper lineup.
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> The bottom line is we finally have a non-OBA matte paper with Dmax equal to the best OBA matte papers: 1.75, same as VFA (this is for K3 MK ink; I haven't tested with Eboni, so it may be a bit different).  And as Paul mentioned, it renders carbon inks a bit cooler than most other "natural" papers, which will be welcomed by those who like more neutral prints (although highlights will be warmish due to the paper color, which you may or may not like - just have to try it and see). For details please see the K3 section of the article.
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> I've been making a variety of prints with it on my 2400 and am very pleased, it's really pretty stuff.  There's no curl and so far has had only one tiny flake (I was disappointed with Generations Alise Natural because of bad curl and flaking).  
> So far, so good - Imahappycamper.
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> Regards,
> Clayton
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> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
> I-Trak 2.1   http://www.cjcom.net/itrak.htm
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