Digital BW, The Print

"mccarvill" <mccarvill@...> wrote:
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> Anyone using UT14 inks in an Epson 3880, or other 3.5 picoliter printer? 
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> I'm using UT14 in my 1400, and would like to replicate the look of my 1400's prints in a 3880.


The inks are certainly compatible with 3.5 pl printers.  I've use UT14 LC in an 1100 "EZ" type of single-midtone-density system. 

However, a hextone needs 3 levels of gray -- like LLK, LK, and K. UT14, due to the 1400's 1.5 pl draw and the other goals of that inkset, used a LC that is LK density.  The C (and M) are PKs. For matte paper the MK is enough darker that it works.  For glossy paper, the C &/or M are used to generate the dmax.  In a 3880, you'd have no separation between the UT14 C/M and the PK.

You can make the cool LLK version of UT14 by mixing 30% UT14-LC with 70% MIS R800 glop base.

For the LK and LLK, what I did was make a blend of the C and M channels.

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com