Digital BW, The Print

on 5/1/02 2:34 PM, Paul Roark at paul.roark@... wrote:

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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Paul,

Thank you for your reply.  I did not want to e-mail you directly again and
make a pest of myself after you had said you were going to to try to get to
them after tax time.  But I certainly do appreciate your efforts.

Jay 


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