Digital BW, The Print

Hi, Paul.
 I've been following your C88+ and 1400 discussions and realize I 
have only a uncluttered cabinet top of 23 inches for a CIS and 
printer which unfortunately rules out the 1400 or a larger printer, 
that is of course without a great deal of moving stuff around.  

Looks like the C88+ is about 19 inches wide so this leaves just 4 
inches for a CIS. I assume either the MIS or superjetUSA CIS will fit 
in this space. So, if you would be so kind:

After using both CIS's which one would you recommend for ease of 
setting up for B&W and also which ink would you recommend. 

I have printed on a 4800 a few prints on Epson Enhanced Matte now 
called Ultra Premium and like the way it looks (although not quite 
the look of RC paper which I do prefer). And have recently seen 
several glossy prints that were printed on a 2200 and really like the 
way they look.

My system is a Windows Vista and am about to get Photoshop and 
colorimeter to calibrate the monitor.

Thanks in advance for you help.     



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" 
<pr_roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> I've been experimenting with different ways to profile the C6 
inkset in
> the 2200.  The QTR rip appears to be just a bit better than the 
Epson
> driver, but they are so close I don't think even with a magnifier 
anyone
> will notice the difference.
> 
> With the Epson driver the LK cross-over can cause problems with 
curves
> unless the curves converge evenly as they approach 100%.  I've been
> using my Grand Canyon shot -- http://paulroark.com/Grand_Cyn.html
> <http://paulroark.com/Grand_Cyn.html>  -- as the test print  Even 
when
> the 21-step ramp looks perfect, most of the Photoshop curves I 
tried put
> artifacts in the sky.  The artifacts look like haze waves and are 
caused
> by the slope of the ramp being un-even.  So, it's a very tough 
image to
> print well.  I'm quite sure the LK cross-over is what causes the
> problem, and having the color curves converge very evenly solved the
> problem.
> 
> While partitioned curves made in Photoshop and embedded in an ICC 
with
> Create ICC-RGB make among the best prints, a very simple grayscale 
ICC
> is visually equal and essentially perfect.  That is, I just print a
> 21-step test file with the driver at 2880 and Color Controls gamma 
2.2. 
> I read that 21-step file and make an ICC with Create-ICC (no 
curves). 
> Then print the test print with that grayscale ICC, and the image is
> visually -- even with a magnifying hood -- as good as the best I've
> seen.  So, easy works for me.
> 
> 1440 will be visually OK for most, but upon very close inspection, 
I can
> see the difference between it and 2880.
> 
> Since I'll actually be using the 2200 for my printing, I'll no doubt
> have a number of profiles for it with time.
> 
> Next up is the C88+.  Epson has them in stock, so I bought one for 
my
> daughter who is going away to college and will need a printer.  
While
> I'll set that up with a SuperJet (eBay) CIS and color for her, 
before
> that I'll see if Carbon-6 works for that printer.
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.PaulRoark.com>
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