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Re: [Digital BW] hp designjet 500 with black ink

2015-09-14 by Ernst Dinkla

Daniel,


says 18 picoliter droplet for the black head, 4 picoliter droplet for the color nozzles.

I have used the HP Z3200 Vivera pigment MK (matte black) ink in a similar 88 black head of the HP K5400 OfficeJet. But 9 picoliter droplet on the black side, possibly 6 picoliter on yellow. Cyan and magenta are 6 picoliter.
In the cyan channel of that printer the Z3200 Vivera pigment PK (photo black), on the magenta channel a 1/3 dilution of the PK, on the yellow channel a 1/9 dilution of the PK. Tweaked the channels with Photoshop ACV curves later on packed in an ICC profile together with a linearisation curve (Paul Roark + Roy to thank for these features). Matte (4ink), Gloss (3ink). Printing from Qimage Ultimate + Windows driver.
Both inks and ink medium are intended for the thermal heads that the mentioned HP models have.

I have done this experiment on the desktop model to see whether it would be possible on a 4 to 6 channel Designjet later on. I am quite convinced it would be possible. Main problem is the bigger droplet size of Designjets (other than the Z versions and the 130, 90 etc serie that have droplets 4-6 picoliter).



Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst Dinkla

Dinkla Grafische Techniek
Quad, piëzografie, giclée
www.pigment-print.com

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:35 PM, daniel andron daniel.andron@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello from France,
I bought hp 500 for 1 $.
But i print always B/W on matt paper.
Also i want put black pigment ink in HP82 cartridge (C M Y).
Head for hp10 (black) 32 pico/l.
Head for hp82 color 4 pico/l.

Is Black Vivera or Ebony for Epson 1500 (1.5 pico/l) is good ?

Thank


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