Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Has anyone tried the MIS 7600 color pigs (UC clones)?
> 
> I'm using them in the UC VM 4.3 formula, but I had not heard any 
reports of
> full color inkset users until today.  I have not used them for color
> printing yet.
> 
> I received the following from a 9000 user who does commercial work:
> 
> "I have a second 9000 that I have placed the MIS "Ultrachrome" in.
> I like what I see so far -- great color and nil metamerism!
> Output looks good and flows well at 360 dpi bi-directional -- wow."
> 
> I just mixed some UC VM 4.3 toner out of Epson Archival pigs to see 
how they
> do in fade testing next to the MIS UC clone color toner.  The first 
thing
> that is obvious in that experiment is that the MIS UC clone gamut 
is much
> greater than the Epson Archival color pigs.  I'll report the fade 
test
> results in a few about 324 hours.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com

Hello Paul,

Haven't wrote to you or the list in quite some time. 

I have been playing with the MIS UC replacements in a 1280, from the 
experimental carts they are selling that utilize the glossy black. 
Currently all of my testing has been with color, and the profiling is 
excellent, so I will try some B&W very soon. Output from the 1280 
gets very close to the 2200 with this inkset with the visible 
differences coming from the driver and different printhead. The inks 
show a touch more bronzing than I see from the 2200. Playing with ink 
reductions in IP 5 to see if they can be minimized like the 2200.

Not 100% sure if this is the same formulation that the bulk inks are 
though - it was indicated by MIS that they are a little different but 
not how or why. They mentioned that they were going to come out with 
a slightly modified version for the printers that weren't designed 
for pigments in the first place with a slightly lower pigment load 
(ie. 12xx, 3000, 7000, 9000 etc..). Gamut is very good definitely 
much higher than the archival pigs and probably very close to the UC 
ink.

There is a tiny bit of microbanding present in some color patches on 
glossy stock. The better head alignment utility of the 1280 vs a 1270 
or similar helps to minimize most but doesn't totally eliminate it. 
Most people don't notice it unless I point it out and even then it 
takes them a while to see it, so it is very acceptable. Maybe the 
other formulation they mentioned will eliminate it. 

Trying to decide if I want to use them in my 7000. Metamerism is 
there (as in any pigment - nature of the beast) but about the same as 
the UC ink. Profiling makes it a non issue though just like the UC 
ink. I really think that these inks could be used in the 
2200/7600/9600 and you would not be able to distinguish them from the 
UC with a proper profile.

D max from the matte based K should be much better than the archival 
pigs just like UC.

Terry