Digital BW, The Print

Hi Sarah

Rather than buying a CIS, with all the problems that they seem to suffer,
why not buy a few sets of refillable cartridges?  That way you can benefit
from the lower cost of bulk inks but still be able to swap cartridges in and
out.  You could therefore have both the Selenium MPS and the Split Tone K7
sets available.  Having seen Tyler's recent glossy MPS prints I'm keen to
try those in a "spare" 4000 that I have.  I'm running a Selenium/Sepia Split
tone in a second 4000 as well as other K6/7 sets in various desktop
printers.

David Whistance
  -----Original Message-----
  From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Sarah
Thompson
  Sent: 15 April 2008 00:50
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Digital BW] Where next from K7 split tone?


  (Re-sent -- my previous attempt failed, I think, so apologies if you get
  this twice)

  Hi folks,

  I've recently been using a K7 ink set in my r2400 to great success,
  mostly printing on Moab Entrada with the profiles that shipped with QTR.
  I've had some really lovely results with some low-key portraits
  recently, and have had no difficulty getting good prints first time
  thanks to using a colour managed workflow in PS CS3. I currently need to
  order more ink, so I'm wondering whether to go for a CIS solution now,
  or hang on until the K7 gloss support settles down.

  What I'd *really* like is to be able to go back to gloss papers, but I
  currently don't have a spectrophotometer so rolling my own profiles
  would be tricky (not impossible, I've managed it before, but given how
  well the profiles I'd been using with K7 split tone worked, I'm not
  confident that I could duplicate those results).

  So, what do I do? Do I:

  1. Just buy another set of K7 split tone carts and wait a while
  2. Buy a CIS and use K7 split tone in it now
  3. Buy a CIS and go for K7 gloss in bottles and join the bleeding edge

  I'm currently getting into a fairly substantial project that is going to
  require quite a few prints, so going the CIS route is probably necessary
  just from the point of view of cost-effectiveness, but I don't want to
  invest in K7 split tone again if I can reasonably go for the new gloss
  solution.

  Advice/comments?

  Thank you in advance,
  Sarah



  


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