Digital BW, The Print

Steve, Drop me a line, offline via my website, imagesoflife.co.uk and 
I will see what I can do to help.

Gareth

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Bell 
<steve@l...> wrote:
> On 29/7/04 6:14 pm, "Glenn Jobson" <peepingheads@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Hello, been reading the group, my first post though.....
> > 
> > I have been using the Permajet VT Blax ink set with my Epson 
1290s on my Mac,
> > running 
> > OSX 10.3 and the latest Epson driver.
> > 
> > Following the Permajet instructions the results are horrible, 
really muddy. I
> > have tried a 
> > variety of Permajet papers, it's not the paper.
> > 
> > I know that the Epson driver has some issues, I can cope with 
those using my
> > GretagMacbeth Eye-One to create custom ICC profiles for colour.
> > 
> > Also tried the CUPS driver, my prefered driver for colour images 
on my Epson
> > 1200 and 
> > 670 but the VT Blax ink printed from the CUPS driver is just as 
bad as the
> > Epson.
> > 
> > If I use the same images on MacOS 9.2.2, printed from Photoshop 
7.0 via the
> > OS9 Epson 
> > driver for the 1290s the results are better but I suspect not as 
good as they
> > should be.
> > 
> > On a PC, WindowsXP and PS7, Epson driver, the images are good, 
seems that the
> > PC driver 
> > is better 'tuned' than the Mac driver(s).
> > 
> > My questions for you knowledgable lot are as follows...
> > 
> > 1. Is the Permajet VT Blax a rebadged inkset from elsewhere..?
> > 
> > 2. Does anyone else use this ink set with OSX Epson or CUPS 
drivers with any
> > success..?
> > 
> > 3. Would QTR be of any use with this ink set....?
> > 
> > Loads of questions, but I know this is the place to look for 
answers...:-)
> > 
> > Thanks in advance...
> > 
> > Glenn @ colourmad.co.uk
> 
> I've tried the Permajet VT Blax cartridges in my 1160 and was not 
satisfied
> with the results. This was following precisely Permajets 
instructions, using
> a G4 running OSX 10.3.4. I've gone back and tried to produce good 
prints a
> few times, no success. I'm glad I didn't jump straight in and 
invest in the
> CIS. I'm about to flush out the ink and switch to Lyson small 
gamut. I
> thought the prints I saw produced at Focus on Imaging were good, 
but I've
> never been able to achieve the same.
> 
> Steve Bell