Digital BW, The Print

Vinny,

The VM-sepia should work fine in your 1200.

To use the variable-tone system, you continue to edit in grayscale.  When
you are ready to print, save the g/s file, convert the file to RGB, load a
tone curve (the screen will no longer be WYSIWYG), and print through the
Epson driver.  (A Photoshop "action" can make this a one-button process.)

The workflow is described is some detail in information sheets I have.

Since MIS only sells the VM-sepia in bulk, you'll need to load carts or use
a CFS/CIS.

Paul

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: vinyo88 [mailto:orlandovl@...]
  Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:19 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Mission San Miguel - new sepia webpage photo


  ---
  Paul-great print, I am new to this MIS as I have been printing with
  Piezo for about a year now and am wondering if I can use the sepia in
  an Epson 1200 with your curves. If so when and where are the curves
  applied. Like I said I am new to the MIS but have been thinking about
  tring them. I am not dissatified with the Piezo but do not have good
  control over tones.

  Thanks
  Vinny



  In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...>
  wrote:
  > David,
  >
  > You wrote:
  >
  > >A beautiful rendition. Stunning light and atmosphere.
  > >Well done indeed!
  >
  > Thank you.
  >
  > >... How does the inkset you used behave using Piezo?
  >
  > The Piezo driver can't vary the tone, and with this inkset it will
  give a
  > very bad distribution of tones.  The toner in a 3000 is in the
  yellow cart,
  > which is the lightest gray ink in the Piezo system.  So, you'd end
  up with
  > sepia highlights and Piezo color midtones.
  >
  > >Could I use Piezo for neutral prints and your curves for
  > >alternatives? I currently have only a 3000.
  >
  > The new FS-Neutral and the VM-Sepia use the same black and cyan
  inks.  So,
  > you could simply switch the yellow and magenta ink carts, do 3
  cleaning
  > cycles and have the new inkset pretty much ready to go.
  >
  > Or, you could mix the FS-Sepia and use the Piezo driver.  I've
  published a
  > rough formula for the FS-sepia.  It is a bit stronger than what I
  used for
  > the Mission print, but its gamut can be reduced to whatever you
  like by
  > mixing the inks with standard MIS FS inks.
  >
  > Of course, it's a lot easier just to use the MIS VM-sepia inkset
  and not
  > mess with changing inks.  The inkset produces a very neutral
  grayscale with
  > the toner withheld.  So, the range of the VM-Sepia is real
  impressive --
  > neutral to sepia and everything in between.
  >
  > Whether you would be happy with the 3000's driver is a question of
  how
  > sensitive you are to dots.  For my 16x20s the Epson dots are
  irrelevant.
  > For small prints, I might not be as happy with the 3000 and the
  Epson
  > driver.
  >
  > Paul
  > http://www.PaulRoark.com




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