Digital BW, The Print

I was first thinking to write directly to Paul, but I think it is much nicer
to write here and hopefully more people can benefit from the information if
they are in similar situation than I am.

I like to ask few question in this email, but before I dos o I think is good
to explain what did I use back from 2001.
I started with epson 890 & 1280 and few years ago I went on with 2100. All
this time I sued MIS inks designed by Paul Roark. UT2 and UT7, two years ago
I went using K4+ which I used as K5+ as is described in pdf file from Paul.

I have acquired last week old Epson 7500 and until today I have read quite a
lot information here on forum and also on Paul's web page about
possibilities to use this printer for b&w prints.

I always liked printing on mat paper and with Ut2 & UT7 I had very good
success to use these ink sets also on glossy and semi glossy papers.

I was reading quite a lot about Ebony-5/6 or Carbon-6 ink sets. What I
understood they are good option for 7500 for matte papers. The problem is
that quite a lot of people prefers glossy paper, for example Epson
Exhibition F Gloss paper (or as known in Europe under name  Epson
Traditional Photo Paper).

I was thinking, while I am using K4+ on my 2100 printer, maybe I should use
same ink on 7500. If this though process is correct would be great way.
There is only one little problem which maybe misunderstood.

I was not able to make correct print with Ebony black in K4+ set on glossy
paper. I need to always cut it off to avoid strange effects with different
kind of reflection from it on glossy paper. Do I have to replace the Ebony
black in K4+ set with MIS photo black to get same reflection on glossy paper
as I am getting from the other inks in this set (MIS MP-PK, MIS K4-LK, MIS
K4-LLK) ?

Is it possible to have good deep black with K4+ inkset on glossy paper,
without this effect of different light reflection from the surface on
different inks?

I am now in stage of purchasing bigger amount of inks and empty cartridges
from MIS and I like to order it correctly. For me being in Europe the costs
of transfer and custom are increasing price considerable.

I am using QTR wit x-rite densitometer.

One rather simple question users for 7500 and similar printers, how many
prints (or better say how many cm^2 or inch^2) you can do with one full set
of standard 110ml cartridges?


Another question which was bothering me is:
Is there any exact (correct) procedure, how to design color curves for two
toner is K4+ ink set, I always just used what is suggested bu Paul, but I
guess it must be different for different papers.

-- 
Richard Vanek
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