Digital BW, The Print

> do I understand this correctly, MIS is now shipping/selling a new UT
> mix (FS/FSN/UT2/UT7/EZN) with a different base that has less or almost
> no bronzing?

Yes.  The improvement seems to be more on some papers than others, and MIS
still has some old stock that it is selling off that is made with the old
base.

> 
> if so, would i be correct in assuming they would require no adjustment
> other than what i have already made (in other word, they have the
> same densities as the 1st version of UT FSN)?
> 

That is what MIS appears to have assumed, but it is not my experience.  I
think the new color inks are a higher load formula that may have affected
the toners.  If this is the case, the toned inks may have shifted toward
cool a bit.  Has anyone noticed a shift? 

There are now 2 very distinct families of PK also.  The MIS Pro PK is high
load, and the MIS 2400 PK is a lower load.  (MIS 2400 PK is about the same
as a mix of 50% MP PK and 50% LK -- a major difference.)   MIS will have to
be careful with the mixes that use PK.  If the loads of the PK are not what
they were when the formulas were made, the resulting densities could be
significantly affected.  (Why the 2400, as well as the R200, cannot handle
the higher load PK is a question I suspect only an Epson tech in Japan could
answer.  The R200 dusts with the high-load MP PK.  I had to make a new and
unique PK mix for the R200 to get reasonable glossy paper performance.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com