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Re: QTR and Epson 1290 with UT2 Eboni Black and Photo Black

2011-05-13 by Mel

Thanks Paul, that gives me something to get me started.

Mel

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
>
> "Mel" <chilterns@> wrote:
> >
> > ... for Glossy papers do I use Photo Black in the Black position 
> 
> It's been a long time since I dealt with UT2, but my memory is that you can change carts and use PK in the black position, but you don't need to.  The M position ink is a dark glossy carbon that will give a reasonable dmax, though not quite as good as a true PK.  Most of the profiles use the M position ink for the glossy black -- with  or without some of the C toner in it to cool it down.
> 
> >with a mixture of M and C position ink in the C position,
> 
> I don't have  the UT2 curves in the laptop  I'm working from now, but the QTR profiles, if you use Curve Creator to check out their  curves, you'll see that the warm ones use only M; the neutral one uses a mix of  M and C.  You can  figure out from the QTR profiles what that ratio  is.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

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