Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" 
<dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
> Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> > I was quite happy with the way it worked out, and may go this route 
> > again as I'm not using the 1280 much right now.
> > 
> 
> Why not fill them all with GLOP? Though the idea of putting windex or 
> other cleaning fluid in some of the "colors" is a good one, just make 
> sure you don't print with those colors.

I think its overkill-you can get more glop than you need out of the K 
channel controlled by the sliders. You don't neccessarily need more 
nozzles, but control by a (QTR or IJC) curve would have some advantages 
I can see: the lay-down needed isn't really linear; I've found that the 
almost- black ares, the heavy overlap areas around 80-90% need a bit 
more glop than areas on either side; otherwise you sometimes get a 
drying effect that leaves that zone matte, and you have to deal with it 
later. A curve would also allow you to taper off the glop in the 
highlights, cutting it off ar paper white, thus avoiding the slight 
yellowing effect of the glop on light areas. But I think you can do all 
that with just the K cart, provided, as you said, you remember not to 
print six-color.

Steve Karafyllakis

Steve Karafyllakis