Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@...>
To: "DigitalB&WPrint" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 7500 what inks should I use?


> I've been playing with the 7500 again today and have a few observations
that
> might be useful.
>
> First, I unchecked the "High Speed" box in the driver.  It substantially
> smoothed out some roughness I had.

There is a quality increase in the slow setting, however a good head
adjustment for the new inks will increase the quality in all settings.
With Generations and good head adjustment I see small quality differences
between slow and bidirectional. The service manuals are available through
the 9000 (now "EpsonWideFormat") list and archives.

> Third, I have persistent micro-banding with radical partitioning curves.
It
> did not show up with the OEM inks, and it appears to be less with more
mild
> curves.
>
> Does anyone know if the shaking of the Epson stand has any effect on the
> print quality?

It doesn't. The shaking will also keep your pigments suspended :-)

> I will probably load the new MIS UC-clone-based vm into the machine in a
> week or so.  The original vm worked well in 7000 and 9000 printers, so I
> assume it'll be fine in the 7500 -- we'll see.  The MIS UC-clone inks are
> excellent for midtones.  The warm end is not quite sepia, but better than
> the old vm inkset, and it'll still go plenty cold.

With the the 9500 and Generations inks most users got better results with
the 9000 driver. The Generations inks were mixed for the 9000 dye
generation. The 9500 higher voltage to the nozzles may be an advantage for
the UC clones as their rheology probably is different, could be that the
9000 driver isn't then the best choice either.

Ernst