Digital BW, The Print

Hi Alex, Tom, error and all...

Thanks very much for the info and contribution to this thread.

Just a few questions:

 - Alex, would you be willing to share the curve you developed?
 - What are the other printer settings you use on your machines with 
the FSE? Alex, you mention NCA, Photo Quality setting -- how about 
paper settings -- archival matte for all? Source Space/Print Space?
 - Tom, any tweaks as you change between papers?
 - Sounds ike the CIS manufacturer's warnings about problems with the 
differences in chips between the 1270/1280 and the 2000P carts are 
probably more for selling new "always full" chips than any possiblity 
of damaging the 2000P ;>)

Anything I've missed here? Must admit that after working with so many 
different combinations of printers, plugins and inks over the years, 
this sounds all too elegantly simple ;>) I've got a 2000P that has 
been sitting idle since my son purchased a 2200 and I was just going 
to sell it, but I've got to give this a go -- it sounds toooo good!

Any experince using the FSE inks with similar good results on other 
printers? Wide-format?

Thanks, all...

Kind regards and good printing!
Richard


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Alex Pettit 
Jr." <a_pettit_jr@y...> wrote:
> ....If you're comparing it favorably to a good-  running Piezo 
3000, 
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Actually, it is the other way around. If I could get the 3000 to 
print 
> the fine details of a good running 2000P running at 2880 dpi ..
> 
> You can match the 3000 with Piezodriver and PiezoTone inks by just 
> installing a set of MIS FSE ink carts and setting the printer to no 
> color correction, photo quality. 
> 
> For the show last weekend, in order for the quality of the small 
7x9 
> prints to match that of the 16x20 from the 3000, I printed them on 
the 
> 2000P. The fine banding and 1440 dpi resolution of my 3000 is more 
> apparent in smaller sizes...
> 
> I developed a PictureWindows tint curve that uses the darkest grey 
> from 65% to 90% and greatly reduces the grain created from the 
black 
> ink's use above 80%, but the Epson ink monitor forces you to change 
> the color ink cart too often.
> 
> I use EAM and RedRiver Premium Matte ( with OBs !! - but a one 
month 
> test in the sun shows that, IMO it is fine - I like White )
> 
> Best,
> Alex
> 
 >