Digital BW, The Print

"jag24x" <jag24x@...> wrote:


> I took your advice from previous posts and got the 
> inkjetcarts spongless cartridges.

They seem to be good ones -- similar to what MIS uses for the 1400 and most newer printers.

 
> I'll go ahead and print with the Epson driver. 
> Will go through the tutorials to make my own curves/profile in QTR.

QTR is useful with that setup.  I just did not do the profiling, in part because I pulled the plug on the project when the cart sponge problem appeared.  But with the 1400, I run QTR with 2 profiles, utilizing the sliders.  One profile uses Eb6 2% (Y) and K.  The other profile uses a second Eboni in black only mode.  At 50/50 this gives me a nice combination of smoothness and tone.


> I was thinking, that i've filled all 6 cartridges with the 
> Eboni ink, the other 2 are the normal OEM inks, gloss and 
> Photo black. I HOPE I dont need to add any other ink in 
> those 2 positions for all this to work! :)

The chips might be incompatible and stop the system from running.  You might need the same type of chips in all positions.

> I was emailing a fellow at Inkjetcarts and he told me that 
> with the printer if you set the options to print "plain
> paper/matte" the Epson R800/R1800 will only use Mk C M Y 
> inks!? 
> For glossy Pk R B Y inks!
> That means it only prints 4 inks at any given time?

I don't know.  I never use the plain paper setting for photo printing.

> So that means it could be a possibility that the Epson driver 
> that you've stated with printing Eboni-6 inks are not all 
> being utilized?

I think with the higher quality paper settings it's using all the inks. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com