Digital BW, The Print

Hi Alan,

To save you having to search back through the archives, here is a
brief summary of my use of K3 inks in a 2200.

Ink set: 
MK from 4000/4800 (same ink)
K3 PK from 4800
K3 LK from 4800
K3 LLK from 4800
K3 LC from 4800
Krystal Topkote
Blue from R800 

Initial tests done with K3 LM, then R800 red and in what is now the KT
position. Used MIS refillable cartridges. Now that I've settled on an
ink set I am switching to an Inkvillage CIS. I use IJC/OPM for the
image printing at 360 ppi, and the Epson driver in high speed for the
KT overcoat, at 288 ppi, not that it matters. I had been using Septone
inks in a Niagara II, via IJC/OPM. I was quite happy with that system
for matte paper, but not for glossy.

January's print exchange will be arriving with the participants very
soon, and there should be one of my glossy 2200/K3 prints in there –
I'll leave it up to them to judge whether or not it is worth doing
when there are so many other good B&W solutions out there.

Best,
Helen


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "alanrew42"
<Alan-Rew@...> wrote:
>
> Helen, how are you using K3 inks in your 2200? The unmodified
> 2100/2200 of course uses UC inks (which I suppose should be called
> 'K2'). Are you using a CIS to achieve this? I'm intrigued, because I'd
> like to be able to try K3 in my 2100, but can't figure out which other
> ink I'd have to leave out to achieve this...
> TIA
> ALan