Digital BW, The Print

Hello Jeff,

My original intent was to just try a set of FS inks and print.

When I unintentionally ordered the Piezo set rather than the Epson version, I thought I would 'see what was different' while waiting for the replacement inks. I learned the FS set was originally designed for the Piezo drivers and then modified for the Epson.

I then wondered if That had been the problem I experienced attempting to get the VM partitioned workflows functioning or if that the 2000P did something different in its drivers than the 1280, etc.
And then the Luminance layer to greyscale conversion got me off on the Magenta vs Cyan position tangent, etc..... ( still hold that they Are swapped but perhaps irrelivant )

The Epson 2000P has not had the best reviews with regards to printing Color, and my original attempt to use a greyscale set fell Flat, or at least posterized.

I am just trying to give this ole 2000P one last chance at being a good BW printer and am questioning if the inkset was optimal.

At this point, I think the PCe ink is too strong and am going to mix a lighter one for the trial set.

Thanks for your assistance,
Alex



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jrandall1149" <jrandall@c...> wrote:
> Alex:
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> You wrote:  >And, if one was to print a color photo directly with a 
> Hex grey set of inks, it Is required for the magenta to be the darker 
> ink for image fidelity.
> 
> Is your goal to develop a B/W inkset with the positions and densities 
> that you can use to directly print a 24-bit RGB color image and get a 
> natural looking grayscale picture without first converting to 8-bit 
> grayscale or 24-bit grayscale and *colorizing* it with partitioning 
> curves?  
> 
> Jeff Randall
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