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RE: [Digital BW] Re: 2100/2200 Ultratone curves in the files section

2003-11-02 by Daniel Staver

> I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say you have curves 
> for the 2200 MIS Ultratone inks, but the curves don't work 
> with the 2200 with the MIS Ultratone Inks sold on the website.

They're all Ultratone inks, but the position of the inks in the inkset
MIS are selling is incompatible with what's required to use my curves.
For my curves you need Eboni black in the black postion, while they sell
it with Photo Black in the black position and Eboni in the light black
position. Also, they use a Sepia toner in the light magenta position,
while I use the lighter cool toner. 

My curves is designed for ink positions identical to what you would have
on a six-ink printer, with the exception of the added light black. I
started my work with the Ultratones for the 2100 a long time before MIS
were selling any cartridges for it, so I just went with the existing
setup that existed for the other printer models.

If you're using a mac you can use either QTR or IJC and probably won't
need my curves. I'm on windows which doesn't have any such RIP easily
available, and I also like the speed of printing with the Epson drivers.

The MIS Archival 7600 inkset is their Ultrachrome compatible color
inkset. I used the light gray ink from that inkset since that's the ink
that most closely matches the Epson light black in density.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

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