Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Magidson" <jef.jef@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ? about the 2200 and metamerism...


>
> Cheryl;
>
> It should be noted that the real problem is with the Inks in the 2200.
> If they did not exhibit such metamerism there would be no need for
> special drivers / RIPs to try and work around the inks deficiencies.
>
> -Jeff

It's the yellow ink in particular.  Any RIP that allows you to print without
using yellow in B&W prints will eliminate the metamerism.  I've been using
ImagePrint for some time now with excellent results.

For color images, you're pretty much stuck with the metamerism.  ImagePrint
attempts to solve it for color images by providing profiles for each paper
using different target lighting:  Tungsten, Daylight, Flourescent.  Of
course, that doesn't help if you'll be viewing the prints in mixed or
changing lighting.  I usually resort to test prints using each of the target
light profiles and then pick the profile that gives the best overall
results.

Soon (Calumet expects to have it June 13), Lyson's CavePaint inks will be
available for the 2200.  I'm curious to hear how their yellow ink performs.
Also, has anyone tested the MIS ultrachrome clone inks?

--Tom