Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney"
<kcarney1@...> wrote:
>
>
> Tyler,
>
> This is very interesting.  I have some "old" Cone prints that
are...green.

That was a troublesome inkset for many. I have about 50 finished
matted prints here made from them that, believe it or not, are still
just fine and they are pretty old. Some have been on the wall under
plexi for years. Those of mine that did change were exposed bare to
direct sunlight for long periods, and they went lighter and redder.
They all had an initial change from a more olive tone in the first 12
hours or so, and also dried down. You must have experienced a
phenomenon referred to back then as the greenies. I believe it was
caused by elements in the inks separating out in certain cartridges or
CISs particularly if left to sit inactive. I never had the problem and
my knowledge of it is anecdotal. Those days are gone.

> I think the idea was that they were to emulate bromide papers but,
they were
> green.  I don't print large prints, an 11 x 15X image size being my
largest,
> so my Epson 2200 with IP6 works well.  Assuming, arguendo, that I am
using
> IP6 and its profiles correctly, what improvements would I expect
with the
> Cone K7 inkset and the QTR RIP?

I can only speculate. I don't use the K7 sets and have only seen
prints from friends. The very best thing you can do is have someone
here make a print for you to compare directly with your own print. I
would expect far less evidence of the printer artifacts, dots etc.,
nearly none in fact. But these differences, that may be spectacular to
me, sometimes are inconsequential to others so I hesitate to make
suggestions. We had an open house here once where I smugly held up a
IP UC print next to a quad print as though the quad superiority was
blatant. Half the people were knowingly nodding their heads, the other
half were scratching their heads, like, ...and?..

> My favorite paper is Innova smooth white
> cotton, which I see is one that produces neutral tones, from the
Cone site.
> I apologize if this question is too vague, but I am thinking of buying a
> 2400 for color semi-gloss prints and dedicating the 2200 to a b&w
inkset.
> Also, any thoughts about clogging, since I may go 2-3 weeks without
> printing?  The Epson OEM inks seem immune to this treatment.  Thx
for any
> help.

I would ask for user input about that, I've heard they are pretty
trouble free. Ask on the QTR list, I think there are more users over
there.

For B&W prints that appeal to me, there is a clear superiority with
prints made with monochromatic inksets, and from a technical
standpoint I think they are the right tool for the job. Making subtle
prints with dots of highly saturated color inks makes no sense to me,
as making mono prints with type C papers in the darkroom didn't either.
But this is a subject worthy of a novel I won't begin here, and
individual user needs have to be included in the evaluation.
Tyler