Digital BW, The Print

"Andre" <andrevallejo@...> wrote:
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> How does this approach comapares to the UT-14 I currently use on my 1400, in terms of advantage and disadvantages?

This is basically a 1400 Eboni-6 setup with room for a cool (or very warm, sepia) channel for either toning the Eboni or printing on glossy paper.  I never really used the UT14 inkset.  So for me it's just a more flexible arrangement for my 1400.  I found that the Eboni-4 printed as well as the full Eboni-6.  So, using the cyan channel for glossy printing made better use of the printer.  Since this is what I've been doing for some time, I thought others might benefit from a write-up and profiles.  

MIS also seemed interested.  The Eboni-6 has slowly been catching on, but people still would like glossy and more neutral prints.  This approach can do this.


Frankly, while the default cool ink is the UT14 C & LC, I now have the HP inks in my printer.  I would not hesitate to use the Epson driver to print the Eboni-4 on Epson Hot Press even with these HP blended inks used somewhat to turn on the black ink.  HP neutral inks are very lightfast.  They also print more smoothly than the UT14 C & LC.  

Once I've made the profiles, I'll probably pull them and go to the Noritsu-Epson advanced dyes, which I think make the best brochures and cards.  They really print well -- perfectly smooth in my 1400 even though there are only 2 of them.  The 1400 is made for these dyes. The Epson driver (simple cyan curve in an ICC) knocks out a great glossy with a huge dmax and no reflective artifacts.  Very simple.  The dyes have some metamerism under florescent lights, but in cards they still look better than the veiled, bronze or dull pigment prints.

(I do, by the way, use QTR for my fine art Eboni-4 so that they are 100% carbon pigments.)

I've never had any problem with clogs in my 1400, but still, the less binder I have in any printer, the happier I am.  Eboni-4 and the dyes get most of it out of there.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 



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> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@> wrote:
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> > I've found that I'm most often using the 1400 with only 4 Eboni-6 inks and then 2 additional inks that are glossy compatible.  I've decided to write this up as the "Eboni-4 Plus" setup.  An early draft is at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-4-Plus.pdf 
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