Digital BW, The Print

"Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote:

> So, I now have a variant of the UT-FSN inkset in the 7500.  It uses one
> custom ink to replace the medium gray FSN, which was too light.  MIS has the
> formula for this and, I assume, will mix it if there is any demand.  At any
> rate, I have this customized FSN in the cyan spots and Y position.  In the M
> spot I put MIS PK.  In the LM I have UT2-LM (the light warm carbon ink from
> the UT2 inkset).
> 
> This combination gets me very good matte and glossy prints from neutral tone
> through medium warm.  Since I'm really interested in mostly neutral tones,
> the (UT2) LM is used primarily to control what I consider excessive coolness
> in the shadows of some cotton papers.  So, I think it's a significant
> improvement over straight FSN for some papers.  The ability to better
> profile papers for neutral printing was really the main reason for my
> original variable tone approach, and it continues to be such for me.  
> 

I have emailed MIS about this special inkset for Epson 7000 and got the answer that they 
will be working on it in january. So let's see what happens. If any other is interested, 
contact MIS.