Digital BW, The Print

Mark,

Would you give us more details on what you do to linearize the printer
before making the profile?

Bob Frost.

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From: "marktuckerdotcom" <mtucker508@...>
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>
> Were you working on your own 2200, and had you custom
> profiled it, and had the Linearization process been completed?
>
> If not, I'd say those are premature words. It's widely known that
> producing a neutral gray is the toughest thing for color inks to do.
> Therefore, they must be first linearized, and then a custom ICC
> profile completed before you could EVER expect them to produce
> a grey stepwedge that was neutral from one end to the other.
>
> I've done it on my 9600, and it uses the same Ultrachromes, so I
> know for sure that it's possible. Out of the box, the 2200 is
> probably a pretty nice printer, especially for the money, but to get
> that last five or ten percent out of it, you've just gotta profile it.
>
> Try that, and then report back with more accurate information.