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Re: [Digital BW] inkjet color and eboni ink

2006-05-18 by levin29photo

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 5/18/06 5:14:00 PM, levin29photo@... writes:
> 
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> > i do not like any of the print colors that i get with mis ut2 or the 
> > neutral utfsn.
> > i love the color of ebony, but do not get satisfactory results(on 1280 
> > epson) printing black
> > only. the quality just is not as good as with the 'color' converted 
> > cartridge. what can i do that
> > is not too complicated? i just want to use an eboni colored cartridge, are 
> > there  eboni colored
> > cartridges for the 1280?
> > 
> 
> Printing black only has the advantage of offering the same tone throughout... 
> at least until paper white kicks in. But you already admitted it doesn't 
> offer the quality you need. There is no simple equivalent to this using multiple 
> inks, as the balance needs to change for each paper, both for paper tone, and 
> for ink densities. So if Black Only won't do it for you, then a more complex 
> solution is required.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Division
> DataColor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>thank you for the quick reply. i don't know  how involved you are with this issue, but you 
seem to have some expertise or at least perspective on the subject...so, tell me, does 
anyone that you know make a color cartridge with just eboni ink in all the chambers. that 
seems to me to be the solution.L29

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