Digital BW, The Print

You are right. Vivid will not work using ABW in the 3800. Nor will  
Cone Color (K3 or Vivid K3) work with ABW. ABW is tuned very  
specifically to epson ink formulations. That said, there is no reason  
why CC Vivid ink won't actually make it through 3800 print heads. Cone  
ink does a better job at not clogging (in my opinion) than epson ink.  
If you want to do BW printing, use QuadtoneRIP. This is a more custom  
higher quality driver than ABW anyway.

Walker



On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:32 PM, jhd622005 wrote:

>
>
> I read on the http://people.csail.mit.edu/ericchan/dp/Epson3800/index.html
> webpage the 3800 cannot use the newer 3880 Epson inks.
> I would call the Cone office to be sure. The 3880 has a new print  
> head and uses a different algorithim.
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "doggo@..."  
> <doggo@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have been printing a fairly large variety of papers on my 3800  
> for a couple of years and have never had a single problem that was  
> not user induced. I have been seriously considering moving to the  
> Cone inks and refillable cartridges. Cone also offers the Vivid ink  
> in at attempt to provide that newer gamut from the inks of the 3880.
> > The Cone website says that it is unknown whether the Vivid inks  
> will work with the Epson drive and further that new profiles would  
> be required, which could be created by the ColorMunki, also avalable  
> at the Cone site.
> > I'm pretty sure that I will buy the Cone color inks for the 3800,  
> but I am greatly intrigued at the idea of the increased gamut if I  
> buy the Vivid inks. Of course, buying the system and then  
> immediately shelling out another $400-to whatever for profiling is a  
> bit of a puzzler. In short, is going for the Vivid colors worth it?
> > Does anybody have any experience or information about use of the  
> Vivid inks (designed for the 3880) on a 3800? Any information would  
> be greatly appreciated.
> > Thanks In Advance
> > doggo
> >
>
>
> 

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