Digital BW, The Print

Arthur

I have used both and still have two 4000's, both running Cone K7 inks.  My
opinion is that the 3000 with a good quad set using either curves or QTR is
capable of producing better B&W prints than a 4000 with the OEM K2 inks.
However the 4000 will give you more paper choices (my 3000 was very
difficult to feed reliably) and more options in future if you want to
experiment futher.

If you were to put a Cone K7 inkset into the 4000 then there is no contest,
the 4000 wins hands down due to its smaller dot size, better dithering and
larger number of inks.  I also think that a 4000 with one, or two, quad sets
will produce better prints than a 3000 for the same reasons, however I
haven't made that comparison myself - my 3000 died and made its way to the
landfill before I swapped to the Cone inks in the 4000.

David Whistance

  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Arthur
Fink
  Sent: 11 April 2008 11:16
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Quadtone Rip on Epson 4000 vs MIS UT-FS ink
on Epson 4000


  At 04:23 PM 4/10/2008, dlruckus wrote:

  >Hi Arthur. I'm not sure what you are asking for. Perhaps it's the same
  >for others. I will give it a go just on general principal so forgive
  >if I have misunderstood your query.
  >
  >If you're asking whether Quads will be better on the 4000 than on the
  >3000 the only answer is that they will certainly be less dotty, with a
  >much smaller drop and twice the horizontal resolution capability.
  >Beyond that, a quad is a quad so if properly set up and linearized
  >should work the same I would assume. If, on the other hand, you are
  >asking about using multiple grays as in a carbon6 or eboni6 inkset,
  >either would very likely be an improvement in smoothness in addition
  >to the dot size and resolution.
  >
  >If you are talking BO on the 4000 against the 3000 Quad then the
  >answer is most probably "No", it would not be better IMHO.

  I'm asking to compare

  UT-FS (quad-tone) on an Epson 3000

  Regular Epson Ink + Quad-tone-rip (QTR) on an Epson 4000

  Arthur

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