Digital BW, The Print

I too was interested in profiling Gen4 pig inks for use with 
ImagePrint. I use an Epson 9500 with Gen4 inks and IP4. 
Although I can get good WYSIWYG prints using Photoshop and 
Epson engine, its been a bear trying to get colormatched prints 
from IP4.

Someone at Colorbyte told me that they do not support Gen4 
inks and that making a profile might help, but would probably not 
result in WYSIWYG prints because PROFILING is not the same 
as LINEARIZING an inkset for a paper/printer combo. I do not 
fully understand what this means... I can only guess that a profile 
tweaks colors but linearizing is programming in the software that 
tells the driver how much ink to lay out and in what proportions - 
and this must have a profound effect on how colors appear. 
Maybe someone can explain.

At any rate, Colorbyte did agree to profile some Gen 4 targets I 
printed, and true to their word a week later they emailed me a 
Gen4/EEM/Epson 9500 profile. It does not get me in the ballpark, 
however.

I am thinking of upgrading to a 9600 and IP5 solely for ease of 
color management - and also becuase I can then sell both the 
9500 and MIS 7000 (which is GREAT with IP4). But i do like the 
Gen4 colors and pricing!!!

Daniel Smith