Digital BW, The Print

Hallo,

I have three 1290's ! In short - 1280 curves works "somehow" with 
1290's but with the driver for the 1280......until...(as one of mine 
1290's) go "General Error" with red lights only!

Take care - I believe it's the 1280 driver that is not fit for the 
1290!

1290 with 1280 curves is ...s..t so to say with 1290 drivers!
(My VM-1290 was in twice for red light "General Foult"!) Make you own 
conclusions! Mine is clear - I don't dare any longer!

NEWS!!!
*However* now Paul is working on VM - 1290 with 1290 Epson drivers!
Good - at last an alternative to PIEZO! And the best one!(My 
feelings!)

Soon we will enjoy the true thing! VM - curves for the whole world 
1290, instead of just US 1280's VM.

In some weeks we are there? Paul what do you say?


Fiat Lux! (Let There be Light!)

Bo Wrangborg /Sweden
Moderator Minolta Multi Pro at Yahoo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multipro/

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jimenez12fr" <miguel.jimenez@o...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:19 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] MIS-VM hextone and 1290 printers-Problems with
> tonality
> 
> 
> Miguel,
> 
> What is your paper and Photoshop version?
> 
> > I am using the above combination with Paul Roark's curves, but I 
am
> > getting a non-linear greyscale. When I print the scale, between 
40 to
> > 80% grey there is no evolution, and there is a jump just before
> > (around 30%) and after (around 90%). I think this is called macro
> > banding. The prints of actual photos show the corresponding shart
> > transition from a flat midgrey to white and dark values, making 
the
> > print look very "digital". I think I have all the parameters well
> > set, though my software is mostly in French so sometimes it is not
> > easy to get the options correctly set in the print menu. The only
> > option I can't find in the Color settings, where there is
> > no "embedded 4 colours" or something like that and instead I
> > have "embedded 5 colours".
> 
> Is this the color settings in Photoshop or in the Epson driver?
> 
> In PS under Source Space you should check "Document" which should 
be sRGB
> and under Print Space choose "Same as Source". In the Epson driver 
it should
> be as described on the MIS website:
> 
> http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/workflow_roark.html
> 
> > I have tried different colour settings,
> > different paper options, speeds, etc. It is curious that I get
> > relatively linear transitions without applying the curves and
> > printing directly after having transformed the image from 
greyscale
> > to RGB, but still it is not perfect. I have played as well with
> > transfer functions in the print menu, but I am not sure of what I 
am
> > doing and it is not recommended. The inks are charged in the right
> > order, I am pretty sure (unless there is a mistake from MIS in 
naming
> > the bottles) Any suggestions of what to try?
> 
> Try printing out the 6 color purge file to make sure the inks are 
correct
> and in the right order. You would not be the first person to get 
mislabeled
> inks.
> 
> >Should I twickle the
> > sliders, transfer functions?
> 
> No there is something wrong since the normal workflow works very 
well. You
> need to find the problem. Messing with the sliders and transfer 
functions
> will just cause more problems.
> 
> Martin