Digital BW, The Print

Dear Paul,

Thanks for answering.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> 
wrote:
> As others indicated, in a quad (4-ink) printer like the 1160 and 3000, the
> UT1 bluish toner is in the yellow ink cart and is controlled by the blue
> Photoshop curve.
> 
> The hextone UT1 printers have the toner in the magenta and light magenta
> spots.  This was done to take advantage of the light ink spot.  When I
> originally mixed the first variable-tone inkset for my 1160 (the
> "Variable-Piezo") I had no idea this method of printing would expand into
> more printers.  So, for historical reasons, we've ended up with a bit of
> confusion.  (And this is a major reason MIS occasionally makes mistakes
> along these lines.)
> 
> Different inksets and different printers have different ink tones and
> densities in different spots -- much to MIS's chagrin.  MIS would love to
> have a "one size fits all" inkset, but I don't do things that way.  So, they
> and their customers suffer a higher rate of mistakes as a trade-off for more
> variety.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> > pldelsing
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 8:04 AM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] adjustment curves quadtones mis ut
> > 
> > Could anyone tell me which adobe rgb channel corresponds with the cool
> > toner in the
> > MIS Ultratone quadset. I own a epson 1160 printer. The articles i read
> > were about
> > hexatone printers, where the green channel corresponds with the cool
> > toner.
> > Is this the same for quadtone printers, or is it the blue channel for
> > these types?
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > Philip Delsing.
> > 
> > ps. I don not have the inkset yet.
> > 
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