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Re: Epson 1280 Inkset for Warm Tone Prints

2008-03-26 by pr_roark

The 1280 UT inks  include a warm,  pure  carbon channel.  If that 
carbon is not warm  enough, the UT2 yellow position ink is  a sepia 
mix.  It'll take you well beyond  the warmth of the pure carbon.

If you don't  want to print neutral at all and want simple and very 
smooth warm prints, with all channels firing to  get the best 
smoothness,  the UT-R2 inkset for the 220 is actually appropriate for 
all hextone epson printers.  You could load the R2-warm (pure  carbon) 
inks  into the 1280 and they should  print reasonably well with the 
driver set to Color Controls.  Again, if that carbon was not warm 
enough, a UT2 sepia ink  in the yellow position could  act as  a toner 
to reach warmer.

So, there are a number  of  options  that can be used on the 1280 to 
achieve very warm prints.

Hope this  helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com  

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" 
<mbrouphy@...> wrote:
>
> I have a 1280 and have been using the UT inks for printing.  However, 
I 
> want to do warm tone prints on the printer and have looked on the MIS 
> site and found the FS inkset for the printer.
> 
> I would like some up to date information on what is the best ink to 
use 
> for the 1280, an oldie but a goodie for b/w prints.  Thanks, Mike
>

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