Digital BW, The Print

Glenn,

>I've got an Epson 3000 that I want to convert to B&W...
>I notice from the poll that the MIS Variable Mix 
>is the most poopular. Can anyone tell me how well it works with the 
>3000.

I used my 3000 with the VM-S inkset for quite a while and was pleased, at
least with the large display prints.  I stopped using the standard VM inkset
with the 3000 quite early.

Recently I updated the MIS inksets with the Ultra Tone (UT) versions.  This
ink is much more lightfast.  The MIS UT inkset is very similar to the MIS
VM.  I did make curves for the 3000 and the UT inkset, but to be honest,
they are not all that smooth.  I think for display prints they may be OK,
but not for small snapshots.

I also updated the FS and FS-N inkset with UT inks.  So there is a new UT-FS
(warm) and UT-FSN (neutral).  I also did some new curves for the 3000 and
these inksets.  They turned out considerably better than the UT
curves/inkset combination.  If you can live with a monotone inkset, I'd
recommend either the UT-FS or the UT-FSN with the 3000.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com