Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Paul, and please let me know how it comes out. I'm still
cutting my teeth on the oem inks right now and plan on "upgrading"
only after i'm comfortable. 

 And about all of those 2000p's laying around- mine was given to me by
my photo instructor, who could not stand the metemarism and the weak
blacks, and could not sell it. Her/my 2000p had been "laying around"
unused for about a year;)


Thanks again,
john




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> John,
> 
> I might be setting up a 2000p for someone soon.  I'll let you know
how it
> goes.  
> 
> I think at least initially we'll put a monotone MIS UT-FS inkset in it,
> probably using the C=FSC, c=FSM, M=FSC, m=FSM and Y=FSY ink
distribution.
> While a grayscale curve or even a transfer function will probably
produce
> fine results, I expect an RGB curve will be needed for the best
results. 
> 
> The 2000p apparently uses 1280 carts but needs a different chip.
> 
> The printer is very slow compared to most that are used today.
> 
> Some believe, however, that there are lots of these printers lying
around
> unused.  As such, it might be a way that people can get a 13"
printer on a
> very limited budget.
> 
> There have been people who set up their own systems with the
printer, and
> with the older vm inkset I made a set of curves.  At least one of 2000p
> users did an analysis of dither patterns and concluded that the
2000p was
> superior to the 1280 in terms of photographic image quality.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>