Digital BW, The Print

Leslie
 
Just a couple of thoughts:
 
1    You are unlikely to see any benefit from using all 8 cartridges, I'd go with Paul's Eboni 6 set and run two cartridges with cleaner/base.
 
2    There is more to the cost of using these inksets than just buying the ink.  Jon Cone's inksets, whilst expensive are truly plug and play.  He provides lots of profiles which are packaged with QTR.  I have also never had any issues with clogging with his K7 inksets.  Paul's inksets are much cheaper to buy but require a bit more work from the user, you will probably have to create your own profiles and experiment a little.  That can be fun but won't necessarily be lower cost by the time you have it all working. I have also had some clogging issues with the MIS inksets when they aren't used frequently.
 
I've got, use and like both Cone and MIS inksets. I think Eboni gives the better blacks and works better on uncoated papers but needs more user input.  
 
David Whistance
 

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 From: Leslie <lestihor@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, 25 March 2013, 14:36
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] carbon prints on an epson 3800
  
   
 
Thanks Pete,

I've looked at Paul's great website and I would like to use his guidelines for saving ink costs by diluting my own inks for the 8 positions on the 3800, but I can't find a recipe for dilution for an 8 ink machine. I've also found Jon Cone's inksets and they look fine, except they are quite expensive to use over the long term on a retirement pension.

Les

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Pete Bergstrom <petebergstrom@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Les,
> 
> Can you add details about what you mean by asking for a recipe?
> 
> If you are looking for general information, I started down this path a
> couple of years ago and it has been going well. In my opinion, the best two
> resources for this are:
> 
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/ which has a wealth of information
> about Eboni printing for several models of Epson printers and which
> shouldn't be hard to translate to your situation.
> 
> http://www.piezography.com/PiezoPress/ which has a turnkey solution for
> monochrome printing that, in my experience, drops in and works.
> 
> Best,
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Leslie <lestihor@...> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have recipes for printing Ebony-type carbon based prints on an
> > Epson 3800, either using an RIP or the epson B&W driver? Thanks.
> >
> > Les
> >
> >
> >

   
         

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