Digital BW, The Print

thanks for the word.  yeah. I agree with you about the ink.  The  
current 7500 quad setup is doubled because of the lack of  
nozzles . . . . . . anything less than 4 would also be quite bad too  
huh . . . maybe if I run 6 of the K7 inks on the 9500 . . .

On Jun 12, 2005, at 01:23 PM, Roy Harrington wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Walker Blackwell
> <lists@w...> wrote:
>
>> So here is my question/need. I have QTR up and running for UC 9600.
>> It's all great, but I'd like to run it with tri-tone.  I have access
>> to a 9500 for way cheap. I'm thinking of using the following inks:
>> Portfolio Black (piezotone), Light Black, Light Light Black, Lc,  
>> Lm, Y.
>>
>> If this works it would free my current Quadtone 9600 up to run the
>> Piezotone K7 inks when they come out in that size.
>>
>> Anyone have any suggestions for where to start on this project? Do we
>> even have QTR running on the 9500? Would it simply be a confluence of
>> the new setups for the 9800 with a driver for the 9500? I can do this
>> fine in StudioPrint, but StudioPrint fails to give a simple curve
>> mixer. I'd have to run it RGB and tone from Photoshop + spend another
>> sload for a profiler that can run custom Black generation curves. I
>> already have the basic profiler, but . . . .
>>
>> All right, take care all, Walker Blackwell
>>
>
> The 9500 is a great old printer -- I have the smaller brother a 7500.
> However it has huge drops of ink compared with the newer printers. So
> I wouldn't run anything less than a real quad-tone -- you really do  
> need
> all those very light grays.  Likewise you can't use strong toner  
> inks because
> they'll show too.  If you mean ultrachrome for your lc, lm & y they  
> are too
> strong in color.   If you want to go with piezotone inks I'd go  
> with one
> full quad inkset and then have a partial second set (2 inks) where  
> you can get
> a mild tone variation.
>
> I don't know if there's going to be any support for the 6 ink  
> printers with
> Cone's new inks, but I think the older printers (*000 and *500)  
> would benefit
> much more with more grays than the newer printers (*600 and *800).
>
> Roy
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