Digital BW, The Print

Hello all;

Between buying a wide-format printer and all the excitement and 
hushed (we're all sooo restrained about it) anticipation of all 
these new printing solutions coming on line, I'd almost set aside my 
1280 and the custom ink-set I'd been working on for it. Today while 
refilling some carts (and swearing at the nuisance of it)  it slowly 
sank in that there may still be a temporary need for this ink-set 
among 1280 users: Paul's new VM set may not be available for this 
machine for a while, and may well be based on the same curves (Paul 
might give us his thoughts on this). If that's the case, if you had 
a 1280 (as I do) that doesn't work well with those curves, you still 
have a problem. Cone's new profiling system will be available first 
for the Cannons and then for Epsons, so it may be a few weeks to a 
few months for that, and PixelPixasso, well, who knows. At any rate, 
I've decided to post the mix and settings; hopefully it'll provide a 
workable solution for some of the 1280 owners who can't use the VM 
curves, until something better comes along. Although, for my 1280, 
the only real weak points are the life-span issue, and the lack of 
variable tone. 

There's a link on my website: http://www.stevekphoto.com


I would appreciate some feedback from anyone who tries it.

Steve k