Mixing Ink
2012-02-26 by Bill Lewis
While this mixing can be done fairly easily with bulk chemicals and a kitchen scale or graduated containers or in small batches with a syringe for measuring. I
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Re: Paul's C6b base
2012-02-25 by Paul
... Photo Flo s main active ingredient is also an ethoxylated linear alcohol, but there are lots of those. These are basically low foam surfactants. I chose
Re: Correcting Flat Spots In QTR ICCs
2012-02-25 by remononaz1
Let me try that link again:
Correcting Flat Spots In QTR ICCs
2012-02-25 by remononaz1
I have been working with the Quad Tone RIP and the QTR Stepwedge Tool to try and generate a good ICC for Red River papers using the UT14 ink set. I have the
Paul's C6b base
2012-02-25 by Bill Lewis
I only print on matte paper, so I ll mix up some of your C6b base. *********************************************** I reciently searched and ordered the
Re: Which clear base to dilute UT14 (C and LC)?
2012-02-25 by mccarvill
Thanks, Paul. I mixed UT14 LC with UT14 Y (GLOP) 50/50 and it worked well. I only print on matte paper, so I ll mix up some of your C6b base. I plan to
Re: Which clear base to dilute UT14 (C and LC)?
2012-02-25 by Paul
... UT14 uses MIS glossy pigments, which use MIS R800 Gloss Optimizer (glop) as the dilution base. It s the same price as the inks, so there is no savings in
Which clear base to dilute UT14 (C and LC)?
2012-02-24 by mccarvill
Is it the C6b mix in Paul s Ink Mixing PDF or something else? I e-mailed MIS but received no reply. As an experiment, I tried mixing 50% Y from C6 (which is
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Best B/W Media?
2012-02-24 by J Vee
I can t find any profiles at all for the 8300 for the True Black and White rip. Will be interested to hear your experience with the new paper, but want
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-24 by remononaz1
Thank you for your input, David. I have used QTR but I m still not quite up to speed with it. Last night I used the QTR Step Wedge tool for the first time and
Re: ICC File Problem
2012-02-24 by remononaz1
Looks like I solved my own problem. Apparently I had a naming issue. Another post led me to the link http://www.tlbtlb.com/links/ that allows you to check the
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-24 by David
Homer, I m not familiar with the Red River paper, but it sounds like it has a non-glossy surface. If you want to try QTR, you could try the curves that I made
ICC File Problem
2012-02-24 by remononaz1
I created a new ICC using the QTR last night. I installed it in the file Windows System32 spool drivers color. However. Photoshop does not list the new ICC. I
Re: Best B/W Media?
2012-02-24 by john
I ve tried them all and vastly prefer the Harmon Baryta on the Canon 8300, especially the warm version with no oba, but I like both of them and use both of
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-23 by remononaz1
Paul: Thank you for your response. I had just few minutes this morning to get into Photoshop and see I understand what you have said - I do! I think I see some
1100 MIS LLK-(2)LK-PK sepia printer
2012-02-23 by Paul
Although I have not written a PDF for this inkset, it s another one I currently have running. Basically, I needed the best sepia prints I could make. The
Epson-Noritsu B&W inkset for Epson 4000
2012-02-23 by Paul
I m pleased to report that the variable-tone dye inkset I tested in the Epson 220 (http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/N-BW-VT-1-220.pdf), modified somewhat,
Best B/W Media?
2012-02-23 by J Vee
I use two wide format printers, an HP z3100ps and an Canon Progaf 8300, for fine art reproduction. I have been happy with the monochrome prints from the z3100
Re: Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Ink Channels
2012-02-23 by Paul
Jim, ... The easiest way is to copy the curves from the inks in your current profile to the new inks that are in a toner channel. Where there are now 2
Re: Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Ink Channels
2012-02-23 by ascherjim@aol.com
Paul: If I want to have all my six channels firing as you propose, but with the K, LK and LLK curve, how to I program QTR to do so? I do wish to retain my
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-23 by Paul
Homer, ... The warm carbon inks are in the M and LM carts. If you just print with them, you ll see the tones that carbon generates. A straight line Photoshop
Re: Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Unused Ink Channels
2012-02-23 by Paul
Jim, ... Consider K=K, C & M = LK, and Lc, Lm, and Y = LLK. That way you don t have to mix any more levels, yet you can have more nozzles firing for smoother
Re: [Digital BW] Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-22 by Brubaker family
Go to the Yahoo Epson Printer group and look for posts by Art Entlich. He is one of the co-moderators. Art has long had available a cleaning guide for
Re: B&W ICC Profiles
2012-02-22 by remononaz1
Oh, yes. Click here for the 1400 s UT14 variable-tone, glossy & matte compatible approach this is a paper I m familiar with. This one I understand and it is
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-22 by remononaz1
Paul: Thank you for your input. Nothing like getting to the source ;-) I have read the article you listed and several others of yours. Im understanding some of
Re: Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Unused Ink Channels
2012-02-22 by ascherjim
... Paul: I m using K (100%), LK (18%) and LLK (6%). I ll have to think over your (good, as usual) advice, and decide what to put into the other channels.
Re: Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Unused Ink Channels
2012-02-22 by Paul
... I would not allow the channels to run dry. Even if you don t need them now, in the future you may want them. If they are dry, they ll self-destruct.
Re: Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-22 by Paul
... For the UT14 inkset, see http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/UT14.pdf Note that the magenta channel -- LM and M -- is MIS glossy-compatible 100% carbon. That
Re: B&W ICC Profiles
2012-02-22 by Paul
... ICCs are specific for the inkset named. usually mine are in Zip files that are linked to PDFs with respect to a specific inkset. UT14 is not the same as
Unused Epson Stylus Pro 1400 Unused Ink Channels
2012-02-22 by ascherjim@aol.com
Although my 1400 can accommodate and print with six different tones of ink, in my black-and-white printing (the only kind I do) I utilize and print with only
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-22 by Paul
... I think ammonia will dissolve some plastics. Acrylic glazing, for example, should not, apparently, be cleaned with Windex with ammonia. I think, however,
B&W ICC Profiles
2012-02-21 by remononaz1
I found a cache of ICC profiles today and am wondering if I can use these. A number of them seem well suited for use with Red River papers on an Epson 1400. I
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-21 by Bob McCarthy
I ve found ammonia to be deadly to some of the plastics used by printers and (especially) scanners. The same cleaner w/o ammonia is recommended. Bob Sent from
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-21 by luxlebis
Ah now I got it thank you I hope that will fix it! If the black position will not work cloggfree in the future I will go on use your curves for lenswork-warm
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-21 by Paul
The parking pad is under where the head/cartridge assembly rests. You have to move the head to the left. To unlock is, push the Ink Change button, let the
Sepia Toning Epson 1400 Prints
2012-02-21 by remononaz1
I liked the way a couple of my black and white on-screen images looked with a light sepia tone. For prints, I am using an Epson 1400 with the UT-14 inkset and
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-21 by luxlebis
... Thank you, does parking-pad mean you pull the ink-cartriges out and put the windex in there? I heard some use isopropyl-alcohol on a cotton swab in there?
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-21 by Paul
... I use Windex (window cleaner with ammonia in it) on the parking pad overnight to dissolve the clog. Usually after sitting in it for a night a cleaning
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-20 by luxlebis
... As I figured out, the missing lines are always in the same place (after about two days 2 lines, after about a week sitting 4-5 missing lines. I think (not
Re: eboni-6 - eboni-1400
2012-02-20 by fogmarco
Thank you Paul I was thinking only for QTR and forgot the epson driver. In your experience how is the PK ink you need for a quite neutral print? The eboni 6
Re: eboni-6 - eboni-1400
2012-02-20 by Paul
... Yes, Eboni-1400 omitted the 2% Eboni and put in HP PK, but not in the Y position. See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb1400.pdf ... The other inks were
Re: clogging with UT3d
2012-02-20 by Paul
... Clogging after just a couple of days of sitting is not normal. I used an Epson 260 with Eboni in the K position for several years, and clogging did not
eboni-6 - eboni-1400
2012-02-19 by fogmarco
If I weel understand the 2 inkset have the same inks except for the EB6Y, the very light LLLK (2% ebony) that for 1400 is repleced with a neutral photo black
clogging with UT3d
2012-02-19 by luxlebis
Hi, since I´m now succsessfully printing with my epson r285 (Germany) and Ultratone 3d in it for some weeks, something makes me nervous. Nearly everytime I
[Digital BW] Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-17 by kaiyen.rm
very helpful. I think I got myself tied up trying to figure it out. I now understand the different workflows. thanks.
[Digital BW] Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-17 by Paul
... I see the Epson driver, using the PS curves in ICCs, and the QTR rip with it s Curve Creator as distinct and separate workflows. The curves I ve made do
[Digital BW] Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-16 by kaiyen.rm
Yes, that is what Qimage does. It s just that it didn t work all that well going print to file from Qimage without applying a generic matte or glossy ICC
[Digital BW] Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-16 by Paul
... I used to assume, incorrectly, that most QTR users made their own profiles. So, with the older inksets I did not make QTR profiles. The profiles that I
Re: [Digital BW] Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-16 by Mike Finley
If you want to print with QTR, I don t think these are the profiles you need, and I m not sure there are any - I didn t find any when I looked a while ago. ...
Re: Roark UT3D profiles not showing up
2012-02-16 by kaiyen.rm
Thanks Paul. I swear I tried just deleting that space... Another question, for anyone...I have used Qimage to output before, but used the generic QTR