2003-06-23 by Daniel Staver
I actually just tried what you re suggesting a few days ago. I loaded a light black cart with yellow position ultratone ink and made a few test prints. I could
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2003-06-23 by Jack M Kucy
Any kind of oil is acidic, so it will ruin the print pretty soon. It must be another solution. After years of wet printing one knows that the archival wax
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2003-06-23 by Shilesh Jani
Martin, My apologies for not responsing sooner. I had to go back and look at all of the 2200/2100 prints from the technical exchange and numerous prints
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2003-06-23 by Ernst Dinkla
... From: Paul Roark To: DigitalB&WPrint Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 8:49 AM
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2003-06-23 by Ernst Dinkla
... From: Robert Morrison To: Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [Digital
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2003-06-23 by Robert Morrison
I saw some of Paul s test strips yesterday with the Ilford Smooth gloss (before the finger rub downs :-)) and they were quite impressive...very little bronzing
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2003-06-23 by Paul Roark
I m not sure RC paper have made the grade yet, but I like the surface and price of the Ilford Smooth gloss and pearl papers. They do seem to have a few
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2003-06-23 by Robert Morrison
Have you run a KK2 cleaning from the service menu? Robert
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2003-06-23 by Victor Lobl
Anyone know how to unclog the black nozzles of an Epson 9000 that is totally blocked after trying to switch to Eboni from MIS VM Black. Have purged, cleaned
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2003-06-23 by Ron Norman
... and adjustment ... 1160 and 1200? ... If this is the Russian site that was posted in MIS inks, I ve used it and purchased ones for the 1160/860 and the
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2003-06-23 by Shilesh Jani
Johnny, I generally get puddling when I overfill the cartridges. In the old days (~ a year ago), MIS used to recommend 18 ml for each chamber on their vigin
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2003-06-23 by toliwel@aol.com
I came across a site that has epson desktop service manuals and adjustment programs for a nominal price. Has anyone used them? otd.com.ua/ Are there any
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2003-06-23 by toliwel@aol.com
Thanks for the Status info Helene. Interesting about the innacurate density readings. I plan to look into this. I hope they have solved this problem with
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2003-06-22 by Johnny Eades
I am having a problem with MIS VM inks puddling and streaking. I refill my cartridges myself and have done so since getting my Epson 1280 from eBay this year.
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2003-06-22 by grdglass@aol.com
Status A is the measurement you want but unfortunately the Color Savvy Color Mouse Colorimeter does not give accurate density measurements. I discovered that
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2003-06-22 by gaberegalbuto
... Does anyone have experience using CIS/MIS ... Pigmented inks and Epson inks cannot be run through a Canon. They are too thick. Cone promises quads for
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2003-06-22 by Paul Roark
Gareth, ... You can order from MIS direct, can t you? There is a hextone version. I use them in the 7500. You ll just have to fill your own carts. Paul
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2003-06-22 by Bruce
Dear Fellow B&W Printers, I ve been printing on an 1160 w/CIS and the original piezo/sundance inks. The bottles are now almost empty and the greenies are
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2003-06-21 by toliwel@aol.com
Hi, I just received a Color Savvy color mouse colorimeter and would like to measure dmax values for my various paper/ink combinations. I m confused by the
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2003-06-21 by linwoodsmith
I see that Mediastreet is selling CIS bulk ink systems for some well- reviewed Canon printers. Does anyone have experience using CIS/MIS B&W inks with the
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2003-06-21 by garethlock4472
Are the Ultratone inks available in the UK yet for a 1270? In fact are UT inks available for a 1270 at all? If the answer to 1. is yes, where and how much. It
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2003-06-21 by Truman Prevatt
The makers seem to have the secret for making good high quality matte papers that give consistent results that are pleasing to view and that have no major
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2003-06-21 by Chris Hargens
I know this is for the most part a matter of taste, but I d like to hear what others have say about the difference between matte and glossy papers. I say this
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2003-06-21 by Chris Hargens
Anyone try using both the Eboni and Photo blacks in CFS s and swapping them out when going from matte to glossy? Seems like tape would work here. My only
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2003-06-21 by Paul Roark
... I don t like their rivets. I just put some tape over the outlets. They leak very little. Paul http://www.PaulRoark.com
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2003-06-21 by Paul Roark
Bob, ... well for UT inkset as they did with the vm inkset. -- imply that the ultratone curves for the 1160 would give better results than the old 1160 VM
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2003-06-21 by Bob Frost
Bill, Surely the fact that the 2200 has a higher resolution - 2880x1440 - than the 1280 which only has 2880x720 means that the 2200 should be less dotty,
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2003-06-21 by Barry Kelsall
From: Robert Paup Further questions -- is the black ink the only one that is necessary to change to get rid of the problems with semi-gloss paper?
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2003-06-21 by Robert Paup
Paul, Does your statement -- However, most of the image improvement that has been noted with the 1160 and its new curves is due to my having learned a lot
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2003-06-21 by Paul Roark
Steve, The Ultra Tone inkset has the same densities as the MIS VM inkset, so the existing curves should work fairly well. I designed the UT inkset so that it
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2003-06-21 by theo_kupfer
Hi, I m looking for a SW which allows me to control the curves for the different tones of a quadtone ink set. The SW should run on Windows 2000 and support an
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2003-06-21 by Stephen Kobrin
Does anyone know if there are curves available or planned for the new Ultratone inks and an Epson 1200? Steve
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2003-06-21 by Eileen Chun
Tom, That sounds about right. It is really not that hard. You have to be patient once you fill the cartridges with ink, and let the air bubbles settle out.
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2003-06-20 by Tom Husband
I really want to try the Ultratone inks in my 1280 but have been hesitant thinking that refilling is too complicated. The more I ve been reading, however, the
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2003-06-20 by ed021us
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2003-06-20 by Doug Fisher
I just figured it out. The key is to insert the tab found on side of each of the plastic square frames so that the tab slides up and down in the track/slot
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2003-06-20 by Doug Fisher
Can anyone please tell me how to reinstall the original hardware that holds the 1160 cartridges into the printer carriage? When I installed the MIS CFS
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2003-06-20 by Alan Zimmerman
Jack, I have not yet received the ultratone shipment so haven t had a chance to print. However, I plan to use Paul Roarks work flow on my PC and epson 1280 and
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2003-06-20 by Stan McQueen
Don t use the Restore Colors and Restore Fading settings unless you are scanning old and faded images. That s what is changing the colors from your slides.
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2003-06-20 by peter_in_seattle
First of all, thanks to all of you for kindly reponding to my ignorant questions on this. I may be getting a bit off-topic here, since the forum is about the
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2003-06-20 by Ernst Dinkla
... From: Roy Harrington To: Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [Digital
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2003-06-20 by Roy Harrington
... with ... That s not ... general. ... away from ... inks at ... another for ... also ... either 4, 6 ... additional ... that ... In a sense, you re both
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2003-06-20 by Jack M Kucy
Alan, I was listening to all of these discussions and I am convinced already to the Ultratone inks. I am setting up for BW right now, so I have one more
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2003-06-20 by Jeff Magidson
... Bob, Dirk and Paul: Thanks for your info and encouragement! I will give the Ultra-Tones a try. -Jeff
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2003-06-20 by Alan Zimmerman
Dick, Having processed fine art prints in a chemical darkroom for over 30 years, I felt exactly the same shortcoming of digital printing on matt papers vs
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2003-06-20 by Jack M Kucy
Thanks a lot. Jack _________________________________________________ Jack M Kucy JMK Gallery (www.jmk-gallery.com) 917-991-2096 jmk@jmk-gallery.com Member
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2003-06-20 by Daniel Staver
... No, 1.1 also partitions the inks any way you want them, but two inks at a time. That is, you have one curve for black+light black, another for cyan + light
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2003-06-20 by Robert Morrison
... From what I understand from Roy, you need version 2 to get away from Epson s partitioning. Also, not sure it is a gimp-print problem...because I think
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2003-06-20 by Daniel Staver
... Actually 1.1 works fine for this as well. I ve had god results with that version, the only problem is speed. I can make 20 prints with the Epson driver in
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2003-06-20 by Robert Morrison
... Martin, When you say that the performance is the same between the 1160 and the 1280, are you using the piezo driver? This could explain why you are not
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