Digital BW, The Print

Roy,

If there is a free (or even fairly cheap) RIP that works on PC and does a
good job on the 7500, I'm all ears.  That's exactly what I want.

I have not followed the Gimp-print thread enough to know if that approach is
viable yet on a PC for a non-programmer.  Once it is and someone can explain
it to me well enough to get running, I would move in that direction.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Roy Harrington <roy@...> [mailto:roy@...]
  Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:05 PM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 7500 what inks should I use?


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul
  Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
  > I just loaded my first attempt at a B&W inkset for my 7500 last
  night.  It's
  > not final yet, but I'm working on the issue.  The vm curves are
  done only
  > for the 7000 and PC.  I'm working on a new approach.  Here
  are a few of my
  > thoughts.
  >
  > Sören Lindqvist wrote:
  > >...
  > > With an 7500 dedicated for BW inkset, what kind of
  > >inkset should I use?
  > >...
  >
  > Steve K. wrote:
  >
  > >The question you need to answer before deciding on inks,
  > >is how are you going to control them? ...
  >
  > >Option 1) The specialized software almost certainly gives
  > >the best results, but particularly at this size, is
  > >very expensive. ...
  >
  > I hope to have an inkset that will allow a RIP to do a good job,
  but I also
  > want the inkset to be controllable by the Epson driver.  That
  puts some
  > price pressure on the RIP sellers.  There will (hopefully soon)
  be some new
  > RIPs that might be much cheaper than the existing ones.
  >
  > >The partitioned workflow approach: When it works well,
  > >it works very well also, ...
  >
  > I don't know if the 7000 vm curves work on the 7500.  I'm not
  interested in
  > the old vm.  The new vm may be a few weeks off.  I'm more
  interested in a
  > new version of the vm-s, with a range from slightly
  cool/selenium to sepia.
  >
  > >I have been using a ... Epson Archival Black ...
  > > for the gray positions, and the new Cone Museum K for
  black.
  >
  > That is what is in my 7500 now.  The MIS matte black/PT
  Museum K in the K
  > position, Epson Archival Black in the cyan position, then
  dilutions of gray
  > and a toner.  The goal is a variable-tone, dual-K machine that
  can print on
  > matte or RC papers with software black ink switching.  But, my
  inkset is not
  > ready to go yet.  I've been able to do software switching on a
  quad, so I
  > think the Epson driver might be able to do it on the 7500.  It's
  going to be
  > a few weeks before I have it all sorted out.  I'll, of course,
  publish any
  > curves I make that control whatever inkset I end up using.
  >
  ...
  >
  > >There is one other possibility cropping up, that is in the
  > >development phase: something called Gimp-print, which is a
  Linux-
  > >Unix-Mac OS X printing utility. ...
  >
  > I hope this pans out, but I don't think it's quite ready for prime
  time and
  > PCs yet.
  >
  > Paul
  > http://www.PaulRoark.com

  Hi Paul,

  I'm also interested in your new ink ideas for the 7500.  I
  don't have one yet but I'm getting there.  Currently I just
  run vm-sepia inks on an 1160.   I'm the one who
  started this recent gimp-print flurry.  I've got the OS X
  version working fine.  It eliminates the whole GCR issue
  which makes the curve design much easier.  I don't know
  if this option is open to you but with some Linux effort
  this whole thing could be open to PC machines as well.

  Roy



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