Digital BW, The Print

Daniel,

>I just received my UT7 inkset today.

>I'm not using the MIS carts, but cleaned and refilled Epson cartridges,
>so I can't report on that part of the setup. I like the Epson carts
>because they seem to last practically forever and they're self-sealing
>so I don't have to worry about spilling ink when I take them out.

>The print quality is excellent. ...

I'm glad it's working for you.

I'm interested in how you're using the Epson carts.  Are they "sponge-free?"
How do you clean them out?  Does the MIS chip resetter work with them?  I
assume you bought the carts with Epson ink in them.  Did you use the ink or
drain it into something?  How do you re-fill the carts?

It sounds like a great idea that many might want to start doing.  The
re-sealing outlets should make switching carts that are half full much
easier.

>...

>What's interesting is that with the new dual-toner capabilities it's
>possible to replace the sepia toner with other tones. 

I'm so happy to see others are starting to get into this.  Especially if
these Epson carts allow us to do this at will, the flexibility of the system
will really pay off.  The creative control and quality improvements that
this opens up are really significant.  The open Y-position cart is a big
part of the design plan.  No one who is a hacker by nature or "alternative
process" fan will or should ever be happy with some one else's inkset.
Doing an entire inkset is a bit daunting, but one ink is easy.  Lots of us
old darkroom types are going to love this.

>What I did was to replace the sepia toner with a cyan-toned gray  and
>then used that to carefully cool down the "selenium" tone a bit. ... 

>The toner I mixed was 84% UT7 light cyan and 16% MIS 7600 cyan. I just
>used the ratios for the sepia toner ink on Paul's info page and replaced
>the yellow and magenta with cyan.

Have fun.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

For UT2 & UT7 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/