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Epson R340 with MIS UT-R2 Inkset Experiences

2007-01-12 by p3guru32371

As i mentioned in a previous post, (Epson R220 compared to Epson 
R260) i went ahead and picked up an R340, and got the R220 inks from 
MIS (the UT-R2 to be specific).

Well, my printer, matte paper and MIS inkset arrived yesterday 
evening and i plan to run my first set of tests tonight using CS2.  I 
know that a generous Paul Roark has made several free .icc profiles 
for use within Photoshop for the inkset and paper i purchased.  i 
plan to start there.

I have also read up a bit on Quad Tone Rip, in the user guide written 
by Tom Moore, and know that i would need to calibrate, and then 
linearize before i make any meaningful prints.  

eventually though i will want to move up to a different paper, that 
likely will not have a free profile built.  So, instead of going 
through the time, ink and paper to calibrate and linearize myself in 
QTR, I would be more than happy to pay the going rate $25-50 for a 
custom built .icc profile.  However, the people i have emailed that 
do custom profiles only do them for color inksets and targets.

So my question (finally) is this...Does anyone on this board know of 
someone who makes b+w .icc profiles.  Or for that matter, does anyone 
on this board want to make a few bucks and do a couple for me when i 
make a decision on the papers i would like to use?

Thanks in advance for any info.  After i make a few prints and get 
through initial learning curve i will post my opinions on how it all 
worked out on this thread.

As a point of reference, this is the equipment and workflow that i 
use.
Lenses:  Autofocus, Prime
Capture: 11.1mp DSLR Raw files
Adobe Camera RAW: 16bit, 300dpi, PSD files

Photoshop: Crop, Straighten, Levels, Channel-Monochrome Convert to 
b+w, Curves, Any other creative effects i may want to make, Highpass 
Sharpen, Image-Size-Resample if required for output size.

Thanks again.
Cory

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