Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

Thanks for the answer.  I wish I knew this before I bought them.  
InkJetArt was having a clearance sale and I purchased the set.  I 
guess I'll just have to pick up the UT2 inks.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> UT2 and VM inks are very different.  First, the VM inks are old, 
obsolete,
> warm shift and fade.  In short, I want them off the market and 
don't support
> them.
> 
> The upgrade for the VM inks are the UT1 inkset.  There are curves 
for these
> inks and they are as lightfast as any inkset made.
> 
> The UT2 uses a different approach that was needed to do better 
glossy
> printing, add an "EZ" sliders workflow, and extend the range to 
sepia.
> While the VM was designed for old quadtone printers and required 
complex
> curves, the UT2 is for 1280 and newer printers only and has much 
simplified
> curves -- basically the Epson driver does all the cross-overs.  UT2 
curves
> will not work with VM or UT1 inks.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Bob
> > Marsolais
> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 3:32 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Difference Between UT2 and VM Inks
> > 
> > Does anyone (hint, Paul!!!) know how the inks differ between MIS's
> > UT2 and VM inksets?  Are there any common inks between the them?
> > 
> > Thanks for the help!
> > 
> >