Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote, a few months back, about a technique for getting EEM
through a box, that he has used "slightly dampened EEM in the front tray".

?!

I can see how that would help, but what are we talking about here?
Dampened with what?

James Pelton



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > ... I know someone with an Epson 3000 that is just sitting around. 
> > I know that I could get it for free or for very little money.
> 
> They are still the cheapest route to 16 x 20 prints.
> 
> > The owner did say that it exhibits some banding, ...
> 
> Get some cleaning fluid and let it sit in the printer for a week or
so with
> occasional purge pattern printing and cleaning cycles.  That plus
cleaning
> the pads and underside of the head might take care of the problems.
 Paper
> feed problems can also cause banding with the 3000.
> 
> > Assuming that the 3000 is in good working order, is it still a viable
> > quadtone printer if I were to get a quadtone inkset for it ...
> 
> It's a viable quadtone printer.  I do not recommend variable tone
inksets
> and definitely not a small gamut inkset for the 3000.  A monotone inkset
> will look much better with those relatively large dots.  You need good
> partitioning curves.  QTR works and I have Epson driver curves for
the UT-FS
> and UT-FSN inksets.  The RGB curves might be able to be put into ICCs so
> that you can take advantage of the linearization function and other
> advantages of Roy's "Create ICC" program.
> 
> > Any other issues with this setup? 
> 
> Paper feed is a weakness.  I used slightly dampened EEM in the front
feed
> tray and had very good luck.  The Premier Art dual matte and hot
press 205
> would be good candidates for acid free paper.
> 
> Good luck.  Let me know off list if you want the Epson driver curves.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>