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Re: BW inks for 7600

2004-04-20 by Roy Harrington

As Tyler said, QTR has all the control for any ink set.  There aren't any
existing profiles for the piezotone ink set.  However, with a good measuring
device such as an Eye-One it is quite easy to support anything you want.  

Ironically, the biggest issue with a 7 ink printer is what to do with so many inks.
Piezo is only 4 inks.  The septone system for example uses two independent gray 
sets with a common black.  Others starting with piezo inks will custom mix
different piezo set to get specific color tones.

The other approach that appeals to me is have a basic gray quadtone, plus
individual toner inks that you can software control the color tones giving
what ever tones and split tones you like.  This is the general idea I took with
my 7500 -- 6 inks with 1 black, 3 grays, a cool toner and a sepia toner.
With 7 inks you could just use light C,M,Y toners.

Roy

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley" <tyler@t...> wrote:
> Chip, I hope Roy answers, but when I played with QTR all the controls
> to support any ink in any position seemed to be there. I suspect there
> are profiles readily available for some sets and not others, but these
> are easily made from scratch with all the tools that come with. Some
> work and grokking will be necessary, but desirable to get a good
> understanding of the system anyway.
> Tyler
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chipcarterdc"
> <chipcarterdc@h...> wrote:
> > Does QTR actually drive the Piezotone inks?  In the list of supported 
> > printers and inksets on Roy H's site, Piezotones aren't listed.

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