Digital BW, The Print

Dave,

I made some UT profiles for QTR (beta8) that are in an archive on my 
filesharing site.  There are also some "hybrid" profiles that use the 
UC inks and just the UT Y and M ink positions.  The tones are a bit 
smoother with the UT inks, but visually I have difficulty seeing any 
dramatic differences except in high key images with smooth tonal 
gradients.  I think that MIS or Bowhaus may have a few OPM profiles for 
the UT inks, but I don't know if they will release them.  If you decide 
to go with the UT inks (or a subset) with QTR you will need to be 
running OS X.  The QTR beta8 profiles would probably also need some 
slight modifications and re-linearization to run under the latest QTR 
beta9 release.

Carl
http://homepage.mac.com/scho/FileSharing2.html

On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 08:39  AM, dave08g wrote:

> I am presently printing B/W images on Mac OS9.2, Open Printmaker,
> Epson 2200 and Epson UC inks.
>
> Are there any advantages to converting to MIS Ultratone inks?  From
> bits and pieces that I've read, both UC (matt and light black) and (UT
> black and gray inks) are carbon so the longevity should be similar.
> And the MIS UT color pigment inks used for tinting are supposedly
> similar to the UC color inks.
>
> One potential advantage of MIS UT could be smoother tones resulting
> from using 4 inks (1 black and 3 grays) instead of 2 inks (matte black
> and light black) used with UC and OPM.
>
> The last time I checked the MIS website, it says you need either OPM
> (OS9) or QTR (OSX) to use the UT inks on a 2200.
>
> Has anyone out there used both the OEM UC inks and the MIS UT inks on
> a 2200?  And if so, is it worth converting to the UT inks?  What are
> the advantages?  And if conversion to UT is worthwhile, are there any
> IJC/OPM (or QTR) profiles (for 2200) available for UT on various
> papers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Gordon
> http://www.davegordonpho