Digital BW, The Print

Any word from MIS on releasing the new UC k3 equivalent inks for the  
2400 and 4800 printers?  That 2400 is getting to be expensive to run  
with Epson inks.

Carl
On Sep 26, 2005, at 2:48 PM, Clayton Jones wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Seems that there can be differences in K3 production batches.  In the
> midst of working up an image and making test prints (2400) I had to
> replace three inks: MK, LK and LM.  The next print had a magenta tinge
> that wasn't there before, so the new LM must have been stronger.
>
> I was using 6h/-6v on Aurora Art.  Changing it to 5h/-6v brought it
> back close to the previous color.  By "close" I mean that I couldn't
> get an exact match to the previous print (5h was not quite enough but
> 4h was too much).  So the first point here is that ink differences can
> be finer in gradation than the system allows us to compensate for.
>
> I think these differences are to be expected.  I have found
> differences among Eboni batches, and differences in tone, contrast and
> density among different paper batches.  So the second point is that
> these ABW settings may have to be revised from time to time - they
> aren't carved in stone.
>
> I think the greater lesson from all this is that even though we are
> working with computers and digitized images we can't expect that a
> print we make today will look exactly one we made a year ago.  This is
> not a new thought but it doesn't hurt to mention it now and then.
>
> Regards,
> Clayton
>
>
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm


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