Digital BW, The Print

That sounds about right for the 4800. They're probably confused.

Steve




>According to PC Photo Mag, Epson's K3 inks for the 2400 cost $500+
>for a complete set.  Is this cost correct?  Is it per gallon?  Only
>kidding!
>
>Al
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>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield
><scho@m...> wrote:
>>  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>http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm
>
>According to PC Photo Mag, Epson's K3 inks for the 2400 cost $500+
>for a complete set.  Is this cost correct?  Is it per gallon?  Only
>kidding!
>
>Al
>>
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