Digital BW, The Print

Tom, yes, I do kno that...thanks, though. and Carl....how difficult/messy is it to transfer 
the ink from the K4 carts to the ones that work in the 2200? This is the area I am 
completely clueless about. Is there clear instructions somewhere on ho to do this?

Thanks!
Sarah


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield <scho@...> wrote:
>
> I use the MIS K4 (Epson K3 equivalent inkset) inks without the LLK  
> ink in both my old 2200 and the 4000.  Works great with a RIP (both  
> QTR and ColorBurst X-Photo with custom cmyk profiles for the latter),  
> but I haven't tried with the Epson driver.  I think the Epson driver  
> would also work with a custom RGB profile.
> 
> Carl
> 
> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Tom Baker wrote:
> 
> > You do know that your 2200 does not enough slots for the full K3  
> > ink set, right?
> >
> >   Tom Baker
> >
> >
> > sagaface <sagaface@...> wrote:
> >   I guess I'm going to have to try to get some K3 inks in my 2200,  
> > which is what I sort of
> > figured. I've never transferred inks before, though, so that makes  
> > me a little nervous and I
> > wqas hoping to avoid it just for that reason.
> >
> > Thanks for your comments...they do help.
> > Sarah
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Atherton"
> > <timatherton@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd have to say though that 2200/K2 inks on Silver Rag aren't that
> >> great... in comparison to using the K3 inks
> >>
> >> I started off with my old 2200 - and while the K2 inks on Silver Rag
> >> were indeed quite an improvement over other glossy/semi-gloss papers,
> >> there was still some bronzing and noticeable differential, even after
> >> spraying. The improvement was maybe 50-60% over existing papers.
> >>
> >> BUT when I started using K3 inks in a 2400 the difference/improvement
> >> was dramatic - absolutely no bronzing, and using ABW and/or QTR,
> >> almost no discernable metamerism (no more than on a real silver
> >> print) and as close to a true neutral print as I have ever got on an
> >> inkjet.
> >>
> >> (and you don' need to run just BO to get a nice print though - works
> >> well with QTR)
> >>
>