Digital BW, The Print

Ah, there's the thing I missed.  I had understood that both blacks
would be in at the same time.  This is not the case, then, so some ink
switching would still be necessary for matte/lustre conversion.

Thanks a lot for the information.  I may have to try these out.

Matt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
<roy@h...> wrote:
> 
> The MediaStreet QuadBlack inkset is similar to UT2 and UT7 except that
> rather than the sepia ink in Y they have the gloss optimizer.   So
there's
> K (matte or photo), C, LC are 2 cool grays, M, LM are 2 warm grays, 
> Y is the gloss opt.  "software control" just means that it uses QTR
curves.
> Of the off-the-shelf inksets I think it's the only one with gloss
and produces
> quite nice prints on photo lustre paper -- no bronzing at all,
pretty much 
> indistinguishable from a darkroom luster RC paper.
> 
> The profiles are mostly Mediastreet papers, but Entrada is also
there and
> Renaissance is H. Photo Rag.  I'm pretty sure the Lustre profile
would work
> with any of the Epson Premium photo papers.
> 
> Roy
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody" 
> <moodymz3@y...> wrote:
> > Matt,
> > Please let us know if you try these inks.
> > They do sound very interesting.  I am going with UT7 with FS-Y,
> > because….basically, I found very little information on the MediaStreet
> > inkset.  I'm viewing this trial with the r200 as a way to learn,
and believe
> > I may move in a different direction ultimately.  With so many
people working
> > with UT7 and variants of it, I figured they might help me find that
> > direction along the way. The r200 is certainly an inexpensive way
to start
> > exploring!
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > John Moody
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
welchmatt
> > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:12 PM
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: r200 with QTR
> > 
> > Roy,
> > 
> > This new ink set is very intriguing.  I'm using the C86/EZ combo now,
> > and get good results, but I tire of changing cartridges for
> > photo/matte and for toning.  These sound like they'd eliminate that
> > annoyance.
> > 
> > If you wouldn't mind, a couple questions.  First, the site mentions a
> > gloss optimizer that can be applied via "software control".  Where
> > does this gloss optimizer reside in a 6-position printer like the
> > R200?
> > 
> > Also, do you know if profiles will be forthcoming for more non-
> > mediastreet papers?
> > 
> > Thanks for any input.
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Roy Harrington"
> > <roy@h...> wrote:
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > MediaStreet now sells a b&w inkset for the R200 family.  There is
> > both
> > > a matte black and photo black version, plus it has a gloss
> > optimizer ink
> > > for photo paper.  There are several ready-to-go QTR profiles for
> > it.  See:
> > > http://mediastreet.com   and follow "Generations QuadBlack" links.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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