Digital BW, The Print

Carl,

Thanks for your advice.  I think for the time being I'll stick with 
IJC/OPM and UC inks.  There doesn't seem to be a huge advantage to 
making a switch to UT right now.  Perhaps I'll experiment with UT and 
QTR when I upgrade to OSX.

Thanks,

Dave Gordon
davegordonphotography.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield 
<scho@m...> wrote:
> 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://