Digital BW, The Print

Steven,
thank you very much for the tip; I think I'll try the standard MIS 
Pro inkset and adjust/create the necessary profiles for  color and 
B&W using QTR (I have just started doing so with a PrintFix Pro 
package). From what has been discussed here, this setup should allow 
us to print with less bronzing and gloss differential than the Epson 
inks, and still save us some money.
Best regards,
Paulo

At 00:57 15/7/2006, you wrote:

>Paulo,
>
>I just had an experience with the 7600 and the mixed k4/MIS Pro
>mixed inkset that might relevant and save you some trouble. I had
>mentioned earlier that I was using the M-Pro color; I am also using
>the K4 PK and LK; until recently I did not have a spectro and good
>profiling spftware, so I always assumed that the mediocre scanner-
>based software I was using was responsible for the difficult and
>inconsistent profiles I was getting. When I got the Colorvision
>Printfix Pro package, I expected all that to go away, but while I
>got very good profiles for my R340 and R1800, the 7600 problem got
>much worse. MIS tech support tells me they also have never
>succesfully profiled a 7600 with the K4 inks in it, and that I
>should switch back to the MIS Pro PK and LK. C.D. Tobie
>(Colorvision) tells me the density and blend zone for each inkset
>must be different enough that they don't overlap properly to produce
>a smooth ramp. IMHO you will probably have less headaches if you
>stick with a uniform inkset and work out a few custom curves where
>you need to, using QTR. If you're using the light inks for
>neutralizing, color dots won't be very visible anyway, except under
>high magnification. This problem may not affect you with the PKN-LKN
>you're thinking about, (or it might) but if you have trouble getting
>good color, keep it in mind.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Steven Karafyllakis
>
>-- In 
><mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, 
>Paulo Baptista
><paulo.baptista@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> > thanks for your explanations . As I understand it now, it seems
>the
> > best approach for our school environment (to print both color and
> > usually neutral B&W on "photo" papers with a 7600) would be to use
> > MIS PKN black (UTPKN-4) and the UT-3D LK (to minimize color dots)
> > together with the normal MIS PRO color inks (CcMmY). Is it
>correct?



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