Digital BW, The Print

Hi Paul

LK-N?  Now I am confused.  I have LK inks from MIS that are labelled
ESC2200-4-LK which came with my 21/2200 CFS and also ESC-7600-4-LK which I
bought separately simply as a "refill".  I understood these are the same and
that they are the MIS Ultrachrome equivalent inks.  I read that UT7 contains
a custom light black and (1) thought this was actually just the same LK as
the above and (2) that LK was of little use in a 21/2200 and hence could be
dumped in favour of "glop".

Steve


> From: Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 08:42:49 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: Piezography? Or, the state of the state.
> 
> 
> Carl,
> 
>> Is the density of the UT7 light black close enough to the MIS LK or
>> Epson LK that it could also be used as a substitute in the 2200 and
>> 4000? 
> 
> Yes, they should be the same.  The UT7 LK is supposed to be LK-N.  Something
> I saw made me wonder if MIS is shipping standard LK instead, however.  So,
> I'd want to verify that.
> 
>> The UT7 LK and PK-N would give us two neutral blacks that could
>> be profiled with QTR or IJC to yield a smoother neutral print than BO.
> 
> Yes, and while another thread is concerned with dots under a loupe, for
> those interested in glossy paper, less and denser inks usually result in
> better prints -- at least with the better printers.  There are going to be a
> lot of people simply printing PKN BO with their UC printers that are filled
> with color inks.  (It may be that people will be better off with MIS UC
> clone color inks if the coated-uncoated transition looks spotty, which it
> did on my 7500.)
> 
>> New color profiles would be needed, but that is not a problem as long
>> as the LK density is reasonably close to the original LK.
> 
> Probably true.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com