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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Low Dmax on Epson 2200 with K7 inks response

2005-12-01 by Carl Schofield

You can open and look at the curve in the .quad file using  text  
edit.  The limit used is in the file header.

On Dec 1, 2005, at 3:16 PM, joshhackney wrote:

>
> Carl,
>
> I just printed the 51 step target again with 2880/better, and a  
> -50% ink limit set in the
> driver.  Using the hair dryer to speed drying, followed by a quick  
> scan with the i1 resulted
> in a file with no reversals - so I guess it's an ink limit issue.   
> I'll try reducing the ink limit
> back down toward 25% and see where the problem comes in.
>
> You wrote in your last post, "I looked at the IJM quad files and  
> they seem to all be limited
> at 95% (which seems quite high)."  Are you saying you looked at K7  
> curves for QTR from
> IJM or did you look at QTR curve files from IJM for the older Piezo  
> products?  The only
> curves I have found for K7 are .quad files which I thought were un- 
> editable/viewable.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Josh
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield  
> <scho@m...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Josh,
>>
>> My default ink limit for the k7 inks (Epson 4000) on HPR is 75%.  I
>> looked at the IJM quad files and they seem to all be limited at 95%
>> (which seems quite high).  So, if you are reducing ink limit in the
>> driver by 25% I guess that would put the ink limit near to what I'm
>> using.
>>
>> Carl
>>

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