Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Download http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1400-3MK-Eb4.zip and you'll see
how I set up the 1400 with the 3MK arrangement.  There are a number of
profiles that have been linearized for the 1400 in the Zip file.  While the
1400 was better as a single BO than the 1800, it might still show some
banding.  It you do want to try a single BO, go with the QTR approach to
that.  I don't think the Epson driver gives a true black only.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com



On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Paul <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:

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> My R1800 is suffering from perhaps a terminal illness and I may need a new
> printer. I use Paul's 3MK setup and have been very happy with it. He tells
> me I can continue that configuration with a 1400 or 1430. I'd like to hear
> from anyone out there doing this, and what your experiences have been. His
> preferred setup is the Eboni-6 which apparently gives excellent results but
> I'm not ready for a more complicated and perhaps more expensive route, with
> different dilutions of Eboni. Carbon-6 is another viable setup, less
> expensive, but I'm not eager to "mix my own"!
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> It seems there's only six, not eight, cartridge positions in the
> 1400/1430. There's only one black position whereas the R1800 has two plus
> GLOP. Are you using QuadTone RIP? Which channels do you have set aside for
> the three black positions? Did you have to write new profiles for the paper
> you use?
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> And earlier on, I recall Paul saying the 1400 worked very well with even
> one black cartridge, even better than the R1800 with three blacks. I guess
> in that setup you could use the Epson driver in its Black Only mode,
> assuming the driver has that option.
>
> Please share your setups and opinions! Thank you,
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> Paul
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