Digital BW, The Print

> Yes, you will need special software to use the Ultratones in the 2200.


No you don't. Paul's curves can be adapted to work very well with the
standard Epson driver and the 2200. I've adapted the warm neutral and
warm curves to work with my 2100 already. There's probably some really
minor things that could be improved about them, but mostly I think the
results I'm getting are really good. Maybe Clayton could give a brief
pre-comment about the quality before his article? He has two prints made
with the curves I made, based on Paul's 1290 curves.

If you're willing to accept dots in the highlights on the same level as
Imageprint you can even print without any additional curves and still
get very decent results. The prints I made for the June, July and the
Jerry Olson Memorial Exchange were made this way.

> It is yet to be determined how much cleaning it will require to go  
> back and forth between a Yellow Channel Ultrachrome 2200 cart and a  
> cyan cart, for instance.  The only way to fine out will be to 
> try...

Changing from Ultratones to Ultrachromes only requires a change of
carts, but changing the other way, from color to BW, requires two or
three cleaning cycles. Mostly to get rid of all the residual yellow from
the lightest black.

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no