Digital BW, The Print

Terry,

> I print both B&W and colour from a single printer, and 
> was intrigued by your comments below. 

>Are you suggesting there is enough colour content in the
>UT-3D inks to do a colour print comparable to Epson K2? 

No, the UT-3D inkset cannot print color.  It's a B&W inkset.

What I've tried to do is get a couple birds with one stone.  The UT-3D LK
and LLK inks are blended B&W inks that are relatively neutral.  They plus an
appropriate black ink can make a good B&W by themselves -- like a neutral
monotone B&W inkset, which they are.  As such, with a rip you can print a
pure or mostly blended B&W with a k2 or k3 printer and avoid the color dots.


I'm assuming many will leave the color inks in the k2 and k3 printers for
the obvious full color printing advantage.  So, the "core" LK and LLK in the
UT-3D have a dual purpose -- be used in that inkset and also be used by
color + B&W printers to replace the warm Lk and LLK inks that are usually
used.  These warm carbon LK and LLK require color dots.  These are what I
want to get rid of or reduce in significance.

So, it'll take a rip for B&W, and it'll take some custom profiling for
color, but the UT-3D LK and LLK plus the MIS Pro (or maybe even the OEM)
color inks may result in a system that can get close to having the best of
both worlds.  We'll see.

Don’t try to print color with the full UT-3D inkset.  It is definitely a
dedicated B&W inkset with a tiny gamut.

If you give this a try, let me know how it works.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Paul Roark
> ...
> >I'm looking for a solution to the problem of printing both color and 
> >B&W on a photo school environment ...
> 
> I'm obviously a fan of blended B&W inks due to lack of dots 
> and increased longevity. So, the core LK and LLK of the 
> Ut-3D inkset is actually a blended B&W inkset that is just 
> slightly warm on H. Photo Rag. Although I have not seen MIS 
> production samples of this, a beta batch that was a bit off 
> nonetheless was able to be profiled by Tom B. in a 9600.
> 
> The point is that the UT-3D LK and LLK will, hopefully, allow 
> K2 and K3 printer owners to have close to the best of both 
> worlds -- full color and a blended, near-neutral core.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com