Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:

Hi Paul, 

thanks for the elaborate anwer

> I'm not sure what the
> European CIS situation is.

Frankly, I have never looked much into CIS systems. I got my empty 
spongeless cartridges from mandev.co.uk. They sell a CIS based on teh 
same cartridges. The setup manual came with my cartridges. Looked 
like a lot could go wrong ...;-)

> So far I've only made a single test strip with the 2200 Epson 
driver and
> no profile, but under a loupe there appears to be some 
microbanding.  I
> don't think it's visible in normal prints, but we'll have to see if 
a
> proper profile takes care of it.

Hmm... actually I nver see any banding on my 2100, not even in pure 
warm or cold ut3d tones, when only two heads are firing 
simultanuously.

> 
> > ...I can
> > can also see a hybrid: 3-5 carbon densities + some LM and (L)LC to
> > get the ultimate neutral.
> 

> Eboni-6 appears to be incompatible with some modern inks.  Carbon-6 
has
> not been tested with such.  Base compatibility is one of the issues 
with
> respect to clogging.  When incompatible bases mix on the parking pad
> they can lead to clogs.  If you ever had a used 1280 that you put 
Eboni
> in you'll know what I mean.  Until the dyes were rinsed from the 
pad,
> the result was bad nozzle checks rather regularly.

I'm not sure if I understand you (while understanding the issues of 
base incompatibility). Ultrachrome inks are compatible with Eboni, 
and clearly the C-6 mixes are also compatible with Eboni (one of the 
positions being pure Eboni). So my logic would say that Ultrachrome 
inks have to be compatible with the C-6 set. So from that perspective 
it sgould be possible to combine UC LM and LC and some C-6 tones into 
a "4C + MC" approach. Do I miss something???

Joost