Digital BW, The Print

Hi folks, and especially Paul Roark,


I am using MIS –FSN on an 1160 using the Randall workflow, Gen4 with 
MSFS k on a 1290 and am using a 2100 with Photo Black on Ilford 
Gallerie Smooth Pearl (IGSP) for color and have not find bronzing a 
problem to my eye although a scanned XP2 selectively toned for colour 
was objectionable in this regard in the blacks printed as a range of 
browns, particularly approaching Dmax.  I have not tried BO.  I have 
a sample pack from Pictorico that I have yet to try.

I have another 1160 which has sat idle for months with Lyson SG in 
it.  I switched it on last night and got a perfect nozzle check first 
time!  I am travelling across the pond from Greece in just over a 
couple of weeks time and am planning to support the US economy.  On 
my list were Paul's/MIS's Ultratones with a bulk feed system.  I 
would like the twin benefits of cooler prints and printing on IGSP. I 
was then out off by Jerry Olsen's clogging, although it may have been 
his CIS/CFS.  Now Paul is casting doubts on the Ultratones as a quad 
set suggesting that a hex set would be better.  

Q1	Is anyone having frustrating clogging issues (my MIS FSN only 
very occasionally clogs but has never been a real problem, unlike the 
original Cone inks)?

Q2	Is anyone dissatisfied with the Ultratones on an 1160 and 
Paul, what do you perceive to be the improvements that I would expect 
in buying another 1290?

I use EAM – yes EAM - for proofing (no EEM that I've seen) and PR for 
final prints.  I need smooth transitions, which I get from modified 
Randall, in my figure studies.

Q3	Should I buy for the 1160 now, or keep it as a spare and go 
for UT hextones?

Q4	Off Topic, sorry but there are knowledgeable folk who might 
be prepared to respond privately.  On the 1290 I have custom profiles 
for both matt papers made at the same time by the same profiler.  Why 
do I get different hues on EAM and PR?  My colour work tends to have 
a predominance of subtle/soft hues.

Cheers,

Colin