Digital BW, The Print

Bjorn,

The only way to customize the tone you want is to mix the inks.  The new Sepia
Inks are pretty warm.  You can use all the standard QTR software and curves if
you mix Neutral K6 inks and Sepia K6 inks.  For instance, a little warm might be
85% Neutral + 15% Sepia.   You have to mix each of the gray inks.  There is only
one black ink so that need not be mixed.  I don't think you'll get decent results
but just putting in some neutral carts and some sepia carts since the densities
are all different -- especially on the 7000.   On a newer printer with smaller drop
sizes and 7 inks I might be tempted to try 3 of each color but you'd need completely 
different profiles.

The trouble with both of these ideas is that its pretty much just trial and error
until you get the tone you want.  If you want to go this route I'd buy the Neutral
carts for the 7000 and the 4oz bottles of Sepia.  WIth the syringe suck out some
neutral ink and replace it with some same density sepia ink.  Do this for each
gray cart.  Do about 5% at a time and work up to the warmth you like.  After
mixing in more ink you can withdraw a little to spread on paper with a Q-tip.

All in all its a bit of a pain but this way you can get exactly what you like.
Do as much of this as possible before loading the carts in the printer because its
a lot more difficult to change once the ink is in printer.   Keep good notes so you
can do the same thing again for the next batch of ink.

Roy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bjornaagedk" 
<reklamefoto@...> wrote:
>
> 
> John,
> 
> I have an Epson 7000 standing unused (and tubes filled with cleaning fluid) for a 
few 
> months and have thought about loading it with Piezography K6.
> The only thing is I like a slightly warmer tone than "neutral", something between 
neutral 
> and PiezoTone Warm Neutral.
> Can you or someone else give me some advices on which inks to load, which 
software to 
> use and which paper gives the best print?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Bjorn
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I've been using the K6 in a 7000 for about 6 months and there is no
> > clogging and absulutely no ink seperation problems. They went back to
> > the woodshed and resolved those issues. I can't speak more highly of
> > this inkset. It seems the product of a decade of research. It is the
> > best in my opinion as long as you don't need glossy media.
> > 
> > Now with all rag paper (and especially non-coated exotic rice papers
> > and such) your nozzles on Epson piezo machines can and do occasionally
> > get clogged. This is due not to the inks but to the fibers of the
> > media dislodging and accumulating in the head nozzles. If you brush
> > off each sheet of this kind of paper ( I use a drafting brush some use
> > cotton gloves, etc) you will be in pretty good shape. 100% cotton
> > papers contain a lot of loose cotton dust, and that is just a reality.
> > But as far as the Piezo Tone K6/K7 inks go, they are FAR superior to
> > Ultrachome in the realm of having to do constant nozzle checks and
> > head cleanings. I clean my 9600 with UC 10 times more than my K6
> > machine when using rag media.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hans & Chia
> > <chiahans@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Roy,
> > > 
> > > Nice to know that you don't have to flush the printer.
> > > As I would like to go a little bit warmer (not split tone) than "dead  
> > > neutral" I thought it might be possible to change some of the carts.
> > > The question is which to switch and I suppose I have to do a new  
> > > linearization as well.
> > > Or can you use QTR with the supplied profiles for this purpose?
> > > Have you heard anything about clogging or ink separation problems  
> > > with K6/7 inks?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Hans
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 6 aug 2006 kl. 16.50 skrev Roy Harrington:
> > > 
> > > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hans & Chia  
> > > > <chiahans@>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've decided to load our Stylus Pro 7500 with Piezo K6 and buy it in
> > > > > bottles.
> > > > > However, when looking at the Inkjet Mall site I'm getting a bit
> > > > > confused.
> > > > > I can't find any information which shade to exlude from the K7 inks.
> > > > > K2, K4 or K7 any suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Do we need to flush the printer after only have used MIS UT 1 inks?
> > > > > Any guess when the sepia ink comes in bottles?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Hans
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hans,
> > > >
> > > > You should leave out the lightest ink K7. It's also important which  
> > > > ink goes
> > > > in which slot (at least if you plan on using QTR with the supplied  
> > > > profiles).
> > > >
> > > > I'd recommend just the Initial Ink Load of the new inks, not  
> > > > flushing the printer
> > > > with cleaning ink. If you switch to sepia you probably have to do  
> > > > this again.
> > > >
> > > > You'd have to ask inkjetmall when the sepia ink will be in bottles.  
> > > > They have the
> > > > inks so it should be just a packaging issue.
> > > >
> > > > Roy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 
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