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Re: Hextones FS Inks In Bottles ???

2001-12-10 by ruhrfoto

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Lon,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> >MIS has quadtone FS inks in 4 and 16 oz. sets.  They also 
seem to
> >have hextone FS cartridges. ...
> 
> I think MIS states that you should call them if you are interested 
in FS
> inks in hextone.
> 
> I believe the situation is this -- For those using Piezo ink and 
driver in a
> hextone printer, the FS inks can be used by putting the full 
strength cyan
> and magenta inks in both the full-strength and light/"photo" ink 
positions
> for those colors.  That is what the Piezo system does, and it 
works very
> well.  However, if you do this you cannot use the Epson driver.  
From my
> experience, the Epson driver cannot be controlled in a manner 
that allows an
> acceptable print with the same density inks in the full-strength 
and
> light/photo positions.  So, there is no Woolf curve that works for 
hextones
> and FS inks.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com



... that means: for MIS VM Hex printing on a 7000/7500 you need 
the Piezo Pro 24 software ?
B.

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