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RE: [Digital BW] Epson 7000 on a Mac

2002-05-01 by Paul Roark

I will, hopefully, be able to work on the 7000-Mac VM curves next week.

Paul

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: goldsmithphoto [mailto:jaygoldsmith@...]
  Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 5:26 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 7000 on a Mac


  >I  have spent weeks trying to get a decent black and white print
  and am
  tearing
  > what little hair I have left out of my head in the process.
  >
  > I am a professional photographer trying to make large prints
  with the
  Epson
  > 7000 on a Mac using MIS VM inks.  I am getting terrible
  posterization
  using
  > Paul Roark's curves (any of them) and muddy yuck without
  them.  Paul
  Roark's
  > Workflow hasn't been extended to the Epson 7000 on a Mac,
  but I feel sure
  > someone out there is using this combination.
  >
  > I did a swab test of the the six cartridges, thinking I had an ink
  problem,
  > which was Paul Roark's opinion, but Bob at MIS said that the
  ink pattern
  was
  > correct.    I would appreciate any specific advise you could give
  me or
  > direct me to someone who is using VM inks on a 7000 on a
  Mac.  I believe
  > I've tried just about every combination of color
  space/paper/mode, etc. I
  > understand a little about profiling, but do not know how that
  applies to
  > hextone inks like the VM's.
  >
  > Is it time to go to inkjetmall or can MIS' inks work with my
  system.
  >
  > Again, sorry for taking your time with this.  I am really quite at
  my
  wit's
  > end.
  >


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