Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul,

You answered more questions than I had thought to ask. This 
should be interesting. I've tweaked your MW curve for my 1280 to 
get rid of some banding (posterizing) and I'd expect that there will 
be some tweaking with the sepia set.

Jeff


> 
> Are you comfortable with filling cartridges?  That might be the 
best way to
> test the inkset without spending a lot of money.  Unfortunately, 
MIS does
> not sell the inkset in pre-loaded carts.
> 
> >I understand that I need to call MIS and ask for the sepia as 
it's
> >not on the website.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >Is it a full 6 ink package? (Will I be replacing all inks currently
> >used for VM printing)
> 
> I assume they sell the hextone version of the inkset.  I've only 
tried the
> quadtone version, but MIS has the hextone formula.
> 
> Except for the black ink in the standard MIS VM, the inks are all 
different
> in the VM-sepia.  It's a full hextone set.
> 
> >...Can I use the curves presently available for the Mac 1280 
VM set?
> 
> Most of them work well with the VM-Sepia -- but in the reverse 
order.  That
> is, the "cold" curve is sepia, the "warm" curve is neutral.  I've 
found that
> the "warm" curve does need some tweaking to optimize the 
neutral prints.  In
> some printers there is a warm cross-over visible at about 
75-80%.  I've been
> able to take care of this on the 3000.  I have not worked on a 
1280 curve
> yet, so I can't guarantee how well it will smooth out.  In general, 
however,
> the 1280 "warm" curve problem is due to too steep a slope on 
the toner
> curve.  With the 3000, I actually lowered the slope  to closer to a
> "medium-warm" curve.  The 1280 MW curves usually work very 
well.  So, I
> think we'll be in good shape with the 1280, but no absolute 
guarantees here.
> 
> Paul