Digital BW, The Print

>Will UT-2 be replacing the current UT ink sets?

No.  It's just for the 1280-class printers now.  The 2200 and 4000 will be
next.

The older printers need the UT inkset's lightest gray.  The 1280 doesn't.
Also, people who are happy with the UT inkset and don't want sepia might
want to just stay where they are.

A big part of the UT-2 inkset is ease of use for novices and sepia.

I'll put scans of UT-2 inkset prints on my web page ASAP.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> I think I have the final formula for this inkset, but I'll continue 
to test
> all week.
> 
>  
> 
> On EEM, grayscale files print 0.02 units warm with the driver on 
the default
> "Color Controls," "Automatic," and the paper setting at HWM.  
> 
>  
> 
> With the driver Color Controls on Vivid, and sliders set at Cyan 
+7, Magenta
> -5, the print is neutral ("selenium" tone, with the magenta 
elevated 0.01).
> The Cyan ink is very cool.  This position was chosen for the cool 
ink so
> that the cyan colored marker by the slider would help people 
remember which
> ink is cold.  The magenta and light magenta positions contain raw 
carbon
> inks.  
> 
>  
> 
> With the sliders set to Y +25, M +10, C -15, the print is medium 
warm (Y - C
> = 0.05).  The Yellow position ink is very warm.  The yellow marker 
by that
> slider should help people remember this position.  
> 
>  
> 
> Here's an extra trick that gives some nice control.  Because the 
Yellow
> position (warm ink) is used sparingly in the midtones by the Epson 
driver
> and then relatively more heavily in the shadows, one can control the
> relative shadow tone with the Yellow slider.  So, when just the C & 
M
> sliders are used to get a neutral print, as above, the shadows are
> relatively neutral.  When the Y slider is pulled down to, for 
example, -15
> (with the C cool inks set to +8) the shadows turn cooler than the 
neutral
> midtone.  This is actually more typical of the true selenium-toned 
silver
> prints.
> 
>  
> 
> So, the sliders can not only control the overall tone, within the 
cool to
> medium-warm range, but they can also alter the shadow tones 
relative to the
> midtones.
> 
>  
> 
> With RGB curves, the full range of sepia (0.25 warm) to carbon only 
(.11
> warm) and the other tones are also available.  Power users may 
still prefer
> the full control that these curves give, but there is now 
substantial
> control just with the much more accessible sliders.
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  
> 
> 
> 
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