Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Hi. Back in November we had an exchange about warm tone inks in the Epson
1400. Though I bought the printer back then, along with inks, cartridges,
etc., I just today got around to swapping in the B&W inks for the original
color (just used up the color that came with it).

After I realized I had been attempting to put ink into the wrong hole,
loading the cartridges went more smoothly and with much less mess (though I
am in doubt as to what to do about loading ink into a syringe after the ink
level in the bottles gets below the length of the needle). Got the
cartridges set into the machine, pushed the ink drop button and let the
machine perform its ablutions.

I recall you telling me I then have to run a cleaning cycle, but thought I
would run a nozzle check first, just to see what I have. To my astonishment,
all the nozzles show complete checks and all the colors are gray.
Apparently, the machine did enough cleaning on its own to get the color out
of the lines: a surprising and rewarding turn of events.

At the time of purchase I did not know about the "bottom fill adaptor" and
therefore went ahead without that step. So far it appears to have been
unnecessary. Any comments on this? Do I really need to mess with this thing?

You may recall that you advised the following inks in the following
positions for maximum warm tone on matte cotton papers:

K = K4-4-K
C & M = K4-4-PK
LC & LM = K4-4-LK
Y = K4-4-LLK

If you would be so kind as to refresh my memory as to the options for
printing with regard to using Photoshop or QTR, profiles etc. Easiest way,
hardest route, in the middle if there is a third option.

Just using the Epson color inks up to this point for brochures and such, I
like this little printer so much, I think I may buy another and keep MIS
color inks in it.

(I've had an HP B9180 up to now and really like not having to stand in front
of a printer and baby it the whole time it is printing.)



David Kachel

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