Digital BW, The Print

thanks Paul for all these answers...

As I am printing with Lyson inkset for the R1800, I'll have to change 
all my stuff to come on the MIS inkset... the Lyson and the MIS are 
not compatible ??? but I have to believe the one who knows ;-)

I will change the carts by new one and flush all my Continuous Ink 
System (bottles, tubing)
I'll flush with a ink solvent and cleaning cartridge to flush the 
head before going to MIS inks with -SURE - the 3 channels BK your are 
testing !!!

I am so confident on your success
go ahead, the r1800/r800 owner will look on you as the King..
;-)

Jean Claude


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> >Do you believe You'll succeed by keeping the color printing of 
> >the R1800 and giving us the way to print good B&W?
> 
> It looks like, with some caveats, the R800/1800 can print both 
color and
> 100% Carbon/Eboni B&W -- on matte paper.  The Glop channel prints 
just like
> the others.  Also, 3 good channels can produce an excellent print.  
So, one
> could print color with the Epson driver and have Eboni in the MK, 
PK, and
> Glop spots and use QTR to print pure carbon B&W.
> 
> The caveat is that not all of my channels are perfect.  Three good 
channels
> -- meaning only minor microbanding when printed by themselves -- 
can make an
> excellent print.  If one of the 3 needed for the carbon printing 
was a bad
> channel, I'm not sure you'd have enough jets firing to cover the 
defects.
> 
> 
> >Are you testing with the PK ...?
> 
> The Epson R800 PK is too warm and green.  Really ugly as a BO 
print, but a
> great, high gloss dmax.  Without glop covering it on Kirkland 
glossy paper
> the reflection makes about the strongest rainbow I've seen.
> 
> Actually, I think Eboni covered with glop on something like the 
Innova semi
> matte might be more interesting.  Frankly, I'm still a matte paper 
printer
> and will probably not pursue this much.  I did try some Eboni on 
Kirkland
> with glop.  The glop might nail down the Eboni enough at least 
through the
> midtones.  With an appropriate PK and on an appropriate paper, it 
could be
> part of an interesting medium warm print solution.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>