Digital BW, The Print

Clayton-

So far, my experience with K7 (using a 2200 and the latest QTR) has 
been very positive. I've worked off the OEM path for many years 
(including black ink only, thanks Clayton!) and, for the past several 
years have been doing the majority of my printing with a 7600/UC 
inks/ColorBurst RIP set-up. I teach digital imaging and printing, so I 
try to stay as current as time and money will allow.

I'm using the Cone profiles and am achieving a very good 
print-to-display match by opening legacy grayscale files without color 
management in Photoshop, then assigning Roy's Gray-matt profile to the 
image for processing. I then converting the profile to Gamma 2.2 as the 
last step before sending the file to the printer through QTR. I'm not 
sure about this workflow--a kind of faux soft proofing--but it is 
working nicely. I haven't yet bothered to tinker with or build custom 
profiles because the results are too good to mess with. Will do this, 
though, when I have the time; I want to try the inks on papers not 
supported by Cone.

The K7 prints have exceptionally smooth tonality with excellent local 
contrast (an issue near and dear to my heart). And I do like the subtle 
but aesthetically important shifts in image tint that occurs by 
printing on different paper stock. In short, I'm impressed enough to 
have decided to use the inks for a couple of important projects. My 
studio partner, Scott King, and I are considering converting our 7600 
to K7 and purchasing a 7800. By the way, I've also been working with a 
4800 and the ABW mode is a milestone; it has provided our students with 
a genuine OEM grayscale printing solution.

Working with pigment ink sure has come a long way. I've always been 
found of Cone's inks and its a smart move for him to see the utility of 
Roy's RIP. When time allows, I'm looking forward to using the 
ColorBurst RIP and Bowhaus with these inks.

Let me know if there are any specific questions and I'll do my best to 
provide feedback. I'm deeply appreciative to the contributions of many 
people on this list; if there is anything I can help with, I'm happy to 
do so.

Guess I'll buy the Niagara III from Inkjetmall. Don't understand why 
these kits are so expensive.

Bill Kennedy
Austin, Texas

-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton Jones <cj@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 22:19:28 -0000
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: question about CFS systems - K7?

   Hello Bill,

>I'm using Cone's K7 inks in the 2200 at my studio, which is a
>good fit for several projects

Can you give us a report on your experiences and impressions of K7?
User reports have been scarce here.  Many thanks.


Regards,
Clayton


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