Digital BW, The Print

Matthew,

You can purchase a set of carts for the 2200 that are loaded with the 
UT inkset from MIS.  I posted a couple of months ago with info on 
curves for QTR using the UT inks in the 2200 here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/message/34084
Also, Bowhaus has developed some IJC/OPM profiles for MIS to use with 
the UT inks in the 2200.

Carl

On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 08:41  AM, Matthew Born wrote:

> Hi Tom,
> Thanks for your thoughts. Admittedly, I'm comparing apples to oranges 
> to
> some extent: different ink sets and different drivers. But I'm 
> comparing the
> two machines at what I consider to be their best B&W-specific 
> arrangement,
> not necessarily just an out-of-the-box from Epson comparison. I 
> realize many
> consider the pricier rips the way to go, but I am intrigued by IJC's
> potential (not to mention OPM's price) and am kind of sitting in that 
> camp
> on the 2200 right now. The 2200 was driven by OPM, which does not have 
> user
> adjustable output for the dpi. Judging by the speed, though, it's 
> pretty
> clearly going at the 1440 setting. The image itself is 720dpi and 
> 16bit.
> There are no alignment issues on the 1280 -- I very carefully aligned 
> it,
> using a loupe to make the best choices, right before I ran out these 
> prints.
> Paul's note with the curves for the UT set say he saw no difference, at
> least on EEM, using the 2880 setting on the 1280, and his judgment on 
> that
> matter is good enough for me. Besides, even if the additional dpi made 
> up
> the difference, the extra time and ink cost (at 2880 vs. 1440) still 
> makes
> it a poorer choice. Frankly, I'm leaning towards reversing my setup; 
> using
> the postscript software to run the 1280 for my design work, and using 
> the
> 2200 as my B&W photo printer. One of these days, there'll be empty
> cartridges for the 2200 available, and somebody a lot smarter than I 
> will
> develop good curves using IJC and an inkset like the UT ones. That 
> would
> make a mean B&W machine. Hey, Paul has lots of free time on his hands 
> :)
>
> Cheers,
> Matthew Born