Digital BW, The Print

> Has anybody on here bought MIS UT(R200) netural ink put all 7 inks in
> the photo 2200? I mean you could do that right? Qudtone and print
> meter you could make almost a custom ink! RIGHT!?!? So help please!
> 

My belief is that the R2 inkset will work in any Epson hextone or UC k2
printer.  That is, I'm not really targeting individual printers any more.  I
think the ink densities I'm using are fairly universal for Epson.  Although
it's not widely understood, the carbon M & C, or LM, LC & Y inks in every
inkset I've mixed from the UT2 forward are the same.  (The base has changed
in all of them.)  The dark carbon goes back even further.  In particular,
UT-C = UT2-M = UT7-C = R2W-M & C.  UT2-LM = UT7-LC = R2W-LC, LM & Y. 

The neutral inks vary in their tone, depending on what papers are most
popular at the time.  The densities are essentially the same, however.

So, R2 neutral or carbon dark gray (C & M) could be put in the C & M spots
of a 2200.  R2 light could be put in the LC, LM and Y spots.  One bulk
bottle of each density and tone gives you the full range.  They can be
installed or mixed in different ways to get intermediate tones.  If you want
sepia, the UT2 and UT7 sepias are the same and the light density; just
transition them to a dark carbon for a full range sepia image.  For the LK,
use standard MP Lk for warm or UT7 LK for neutral.  Oddly the MIS 7600 LK is
a hair lighter than the MP or k4 LK.

With the dark & light standard outlined above, no rip is needed for a good
grayscale.  The printers should all print well with the Epson driver set to
"Color Controls" and sliders at 0.  The whole system is based on my
reverse-engineering the Epson ink standards, and those have been quite
consistent -- so far.  Epson obviously designs its inks and drivers
together.  So, these ink densities work very well with those drivers.

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com