Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

>I am considering the switch from your MIS VM hex set to the new
>UC VM 4.3 when it is available.

>Do you have any suggestions to make this as smooth as
>possible?

>I assume I should replace the cartridges on my CIS.

Yes, I would not mix the inks in the cfs cartridges.

> I read something about higher load pigments. Will
>this be a problem in my 1280?

I don't think it'll be a significant problem.  The midtone grays are diluted
enough that they are no longer high load.

The new matte black, like the Museum black, to me prints a little rougher in
my 1160.  However, the newer printers are smoother there than my 1160.  (In
fact, other 1160s are smoother since my daughter let a hair band with a
metal piece run through the 1160 -- crunch.)

>Will I be able to use my existing curves (I use yours and Tyler's)
>for my 1280 running on a Mac?

Yes.  The system was matched to the old vm system.  The existing 1160 curves
were what I used to be sure the final system worked.

What I've found is that the more recent and better-written curves also
largely take care of the possible black ink roughness.  (Which may be a
non-issue with a good printer.  Also, MIS says the better filtering it does
on production runs helps.)  If the light gray ink curve is pulled up at
about 75% before sinking quickly again to turn on the black ink, that ink
can be restricted to the very darkest areas, where the transition is in such
a dark area that it can't be seen at all.  That is, with good curves there
doesn't seem to be a rough transition.  The old 1160 curves were about the
first I wrote, and they don't do this.

>I hope to do this smoothly with the least amount of down
>time/tweaking ...

I think it is interchangeable, with the caveat that the tones are slightly
different -- much better, in my view.  The "nc" is now a selenium-neutral on
EEM.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul
Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Well, after Gregory's posting information and photos of the new
Sundance
> Septone inkset at
>
> http://www.inkjetgoodies.com/sundance_septone.htm
>
> I just could not resist posting some comparison images of my
UC VM 4.3
> inkset for comparison.  See
>
> http://home1.gte.net/res0a2zt/V-tone.html
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com