Digital BW, The Print

Sepia-Neutral in an 1160 isn't much fiddling Kevin. And no 
maintenance to speak of - daily nozzle checks, normally perfect - 
with NoMoreCarts.com's CIS and occasional checks of the alignment, 
which seems however not to drift.

There are four stock curves, and you can just load the one for 
neutral except when you want sepia - or either of the two 
intermediate curves - instead. I once forgot to load any curve; the 
result was a relatively light print with warmth somewhere between the 
two intermediate curves. And I once forgot to convert to GS and back 
to RGB, i.e., just printed from RGB. The result was a very warm print 
with some subtle, muted coloring (wildflowers) which I liked very 
much.

Sepia-Neutral prints made with the neutral curve look neutral to me, 
but I haven't seen FS-N prints so I can't compare them.

Sam McCandless               samcc@...


>Hi I've decided to go ahead and buy an 1160 due to many reasons, including
>affordability and they are very very easy to get in australia... So now the
>printer part is settled, what MIS inks should I get (im planning to go
>CFS)... Im thinking FS-N, because neutral B&W is probably more versatile for
>me than having to fiddle with sepia options if I get VS-sepia (altho its
>nice to be able to print sepia)... So my question is, considering i want to
>print mainly neutral B&W, can VS-sepia achieve as neutral tones as FS-N
>whilst allowing one to print sepia as well, or am i better off with FS-N
>becos its neutrals are more superior than VS-sepia? [Kevin]