Digital BW, The Print

Yow! I hardly understood anything you said. I have read everything you wrote and Clayton Jones wrote.

Now you latest missive indicates how outdated things might be.

I just got my new MIS inksets today. Given what I just read I'm still not sure how to use them with QTR for the R200. I'll continue to use my R2880 with ABW, so that is not a problem. But I really want to use these inksets with the R200 effectively.

I'll read what you said and ponder it. I hope it ultimately helps. We shall see.

Thanks,

Rusty


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rusty Sterling" <rustysterling@> wrote:
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> > > I've been looking for profiles for the R200 ...
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> "Roy" <roy@> wrote:
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> > You ought to start with the workflow of the one who designed
> > the inkset.   See Paul Roark's write up about UT-R2.
> > (note that the R220 and R200 are essentially identical)
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> > http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/R220_R2_Readme.pdf
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> And note the date on that PDF.  
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> Newer versions of Photoshop and possible even OSs may have trouble with the use of ICCs and the printer driver's "Color Controls."
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> The systems now are emphasizing ICCs with the printer set to ICM/No Color Adjustment.  This is probably an effort to avoid people using 2 profiles together accidentally. 
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> I think I agree with the emphasis, but it does make the use of the old workflows problematic.
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> I think moving forward ICCs with standardized Epson driver settings may be the easiest way to support the older or smaller market printers. If variables are cut to a minimum, a few generic ICCs will be easy to make and support whole families of printers and inks.  
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> I'll make a limited number of these for a few papers & printers.  The 2880 with a monotone is going to be a platform like this, for example.  
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> The MIS R2 inkset is one that was made for the Epson driver. That is, it uses densities that usually fit well into the Epson cross-overs and produce a good ramp with the built in default profiles.  These are what I've called the UT-C and UT-LC densities.  Ut-C is the standardized 30% jump down from MK.  (LK is the 30% dilution down from PK.)  Dropped into an Epson hextone or better printer, the R2's UT-C and LC densities look good.   Add an ICC to make it better.  This type of inkset is the easiest to support.  That's why it was called the hextone EZ set.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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