Digital BW, The Print

Don,
 
>Paul Roark wrote:
>> >Is there someplace that describes or shows the differance in the prints
>> >you can achieve by using various Nuetral and Warm combinations?
>>
>>See the "Tones-Preview" page and file I have for the UT7 inkset.  It's at
>>http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/Tones-Preview.htm
>>
>>The above URL has a downloadable .psd file that has layers on it that you
>>can drag to an RGB version of a B&W file to preview the tones.  The C82 EZ
>>inks are "neutral/selenium" (may be just a bit cooler than dead neutral on
>>EEM) and carbon tones.  They are the same tones that the UT7 inkset prints
>>with curves that are similarly labeled.  So, the preview file at the above
>>URL will give you an idea of what you'll be able to print with the C82.


>Pardon my newbie enthusiasm, but that is NEAT!

I think a Preview file might be useful.

>This is copied from your EZ notes:
>"Of course, the neat trick of putting a warm cart in the Y spot for 
>slightly warm and M spot for medium warm tones is a neat trick that should 
>be promoted. Unfortunately, it burns up some ink with the cleaning cycle."

>Just wanted to make sure your description there (warm in M spot) is the 
>same medium warm shown in the layers example?

That file is really aimed at the UT7 inkset.  I think if you have 2 neutral
carts installed and a warm one in the Y spot, you'll have tones that are a
bit less warm than the the medium warm tone on the Preview file.  A warm
cart in the M spot is, I believe, slightly warmer than the medium warm
preview.  If all the spots are warm ink, you'll have the carbon tone.

You have a lot of flexibility with the ink positions.  Also, different
papers produce slightly different degrees of warmth or coolness.  The
Preview file was matched to scans of Epson Enhanced Matte ("EEM").

>Also, can you briefly explain the "it burns up some ink with the cleaning 
>cycle" comment?  Why does the cleaning cycle care whether some inks are 
>warm or not?


Every time you change an ink cartridge the printer automatically does a
cleaning cycles to be sure the ink is flowing and get any bubbles out.

Hope it works for you.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com