Digital BW, The Print

> From: Johnny Eades
>
> I notice the inks (UT-FSN) are available for the Epson 2000P printer.
> I assume that QTR will let me create curves and ICC files for this
> printer like I do my Epson 1280S printer. I do see QTR profiles for
> that printer though. Does anyone have any experience along these
> lines? I have a friend with the printer mentioned, but he says he
> needs help from me. I've never used any printer other than the 1280
> and would like to know if there are any things I need to be aware of
> as far as major differences between the two printers.

I played with it a little, using the last version of QTR, on Premium Luster
or Premium Semigloss. I found that I got the best results skipping the black
ink entirely, because both the Epson PK and the Eboni had a slight gloss and
tone differential compared to the gray inks. I got pretty good results using
just the three grays, getting a density of about 2.5 by dumping a lot of the
dark gray ink on the paper. I never finished my experiments, though, as
other things came up, so I never perfected the curves. At some point, when I
try printing B&W again, I'll get the new QTR and pick up where I left off.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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