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[Digital BW] Re: Epson R1800 vs 2200..need opinion fast

2005-02-23 by David Wroblewski

Great, thanks for the clarification. Is there any visible
difference between using K plus 2 grays rather than 3 grays? 

I assume not--just curious though. The story I'm making up
for myself here is that quads used to be necessary but the
smaller droplet size on current printers allows us to go 
to two grays without a visible difference in the print. Or
maybe it's better software?

In any case, that's a big deal, in my opinion.

-David

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Kale
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> PKN is neutral and PK is warm.  So you have a very dark warm and a light
> warm for warm prints. For neutral you have PKN and a blend of the
two light
> greys. For cool prints: PKN and the cool light grey.
> 
> 
> > From: David Wroblewski <dawroblewski@y...>
> > Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:44:53 -0000
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson R1800 vs 2200..need opinion fast
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> I use the following setup for B&W:
> >>  
> >> # K PKN
> >> # LK glop
> >> # C PK 
> >> # LC UT7 Warm Light Grey
> >> # M Eboni
> >> # LM UT7 Cool Light Grey
> >> # Y UT7 Sepia toner
> >> 
> > 
> > Steve,
> > 
> > I'm missing something here. Why do you have PKN, Eboni, *and* PK?
> > Isn't it enough to have Eboni for matte and PKN for semigloss and
> > glossy? 
> > 
> > -David
> > 
> > 
> >

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