Hi all,
I've been enjoying printing with the Ebvt inkset on my 1400. Thanks Paul R. for all your wonderful work with these inks over the years - you allowed me to retire my wet darkroom rig!
I've been inspired to revive my old 7600 to try with carbon inks, and now that I've got all but one nozzle clear (I'll get there!), I'm considering what inkset to try in it. I'm leaning toward trying the new Glossy variable tone setup.
Would this be the way to lay out the inks?
Y - Canon based blue toner
K - MK (Ebony 1.1)
LK - PK (MIS PK)
LM - 9% PK
LC - 15% PK
M - 30% PK
C - 50% PK
I need to take a look at Paul R's Glossy profiles to use at a starting point for doing my own characterizations and profiling.
I intend to use QTR for my printing, but it would be nice if the Epson driver would also print something reasonable.
Any gotchas with this setup, that will potentially trip me up? One concern I have is whether having both MK and PK carts will be an issue. If I do a lot of matte printing and the PK sits idle, for example, will I set myself up for clogging problems?
Also, is the quality of a matte print with this inkset (using the MK as K) as good as the pure matte setup of Ebvt, considering we are using PK for the dilute inks? I will probably be doing mostly matte printing, but would like the ability to produce the occasional glossy print for unglazed display.
Thanks in advance,
Neil