Digital BW, The Print

Dave,

Can't you use the FS inks in order of the MIS Original ink positions? 
I am assuming you have a CIS and would have to clean in out but that 
would allow you to use your old workflow with the new inks.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Alessandro Pardi 
<alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> Dave,
>  
> thanks for your answer. The bad news is that inks positions have 
been
> switched, and this means that old curves are totally useless 
(otherwise
> minor tweakings by pure trial&error might have been enough), and I 
really
> need ink separation, working on a 1160 (six-inks printers can 
probably get
> away very well with simpler workflows such as Woolf's). The good 
news is
> that these inks actually seem better...
> Anyone else?
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Tevis [mailto:dave@t...]
> Sent: giovedì 4 ottobre 2001 02.06
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: MIS Full spectrum. Reports?
> 
> 
> 
> Alex,
> 
> I've been using the FS inks for a while now.  I also used the 
> original quads and the differences are noticable... for me 
> anyway. Though I never could get the Brandon curves to work, I 
> had good results with the Nevins transfer curves. Since I 
> switched inks I use the John Woolf workflow. My prints look 
> great.
> 
> The most noticable difference is a cooler tone. They also have 
> the tones shifted to the lighter end of the scale, and a deeper 
> black. Another item of interest is that they changed the ink tone 
> placment. ( which tone feeds which head ) It now matches the 
> Piezo system. So if you switch you will need new cartridges, and 
> a new workflow. Brandon curves will be way off. Woolf method is 
> good.
> 
> Good Luck
> Dave
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Alessandro Pardi 
> <alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >  
> > I was wondering if anyone has had the chance to try the MIS 
> Full spectrum inks and to compare them with the original MIS quads. 
I get 
> very satisfactory results (except for weakish blacks) with the 
original 
> quads and Brandin's workflow, but I'm afraid his curves wouldn't 
work with 
> these new inks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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