Digital BW, The Print

Hi John,

"But I was confused by David's assertion that you need non-OEM on both inkset AND driver to avoid metamerism."

I think what David was saying in his post about this, is that if you use OEM inks (colour pigment inks), then regardless of the driver, it is hard to avoid metamerism. He goes on to discuss some other options, but it is important to remember that his post was about using colour inks, not black inksets.

"I THINK you are agreeing with my previous impression that the OEM Epson driver does quite nicely with a carbon inkset like UT7, and that QTR does a half-decent job with the OEM inks"

Yes, I am saying that there is a workflow on Roark's site that shows you how to use the Epson driver to control the UT7 inkset.

I think the QTR does more than half decent job of printing with OEM inks, but here again we have an OEM Colour Pigment Inkset, not a black inkset.

Assuming that you choose the black-grey inkset approach, which inkset to use? There are only 2 options listed at MIS for your 2200. With these two you will have access to ready made workflows and curves. I would read the notes on both the UT7 and the UT3D inksets and choose the one that suits your needs.

Cheers
Greg Nixon



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jge@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Greg, thanks much for taking the time to explain in such detail.
> I think I understand the business about the various types of
> inksets.    I THINK
> you are agreeing with my previous impression that the OEM Epson
> driver does quite nicely with a carbon inkset like UT7, and that QTR
> does a half-decent job with the OEM inks - even though, as you point
> out, the approaches are very different.
> 
> So even though I kinda understand, I'm still bewildered by all these
> choices, and want someone to tell me what to do :-)     But I think I
> know the answer: buy a set of UT7 inks, and then start messing
> with the Epson and QTR drivers.
> 
> Certainly it'd be simpler to just use QTR with the OEM UltraChrome,
> and it would allow me to keep printing color on the same machine
> without having to swap out cartridge sets (which I gather is problematic,
> requiring a bit of flushing).
> 
> OTOH, it sounds like the carbon inkset really is worth it.   It sounds like
> the QTR does a better job with the OEM UltraChrome than does the
> Epson driver.   But, as you point out, it's still mixing colored inks to
> get greys.
> 
> Thanks again, John
> 
>