2013-07-31 by remononaz1
Curt: As others have noted, going to an all-black ink set is the best solution to solve your problem. However, another thread a while back, discussed using the
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2013-07-31 by remononaz1
Clark: I m a long-time MIS customer and I have to agree that their customer service can be sketchy. One thing to note is that they put their responses up on
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2013-07-31 by John
Although I usually have no problem making profiles for papers like HPR and EEM, I m having a hard time with Epson High Quality Inkjet Paper (formerly photo
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2013-07-30 by Paul Roark
That printer uses Claria inks like the Epson 1430 (was 1400). See the materials that relate to that printer on my pages, starting with Quick Links -- the
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2013-07-30 by Paul Roark
As long as Image Specialists is in business we re OK. They, no doubt, purchase from yet another larger supplier. Carbon pigments have been made for a very long
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2013-07-30 by CB
Hello, Epson Artisan 837 b&w printing problem. I am new to the group and wonder if anyone can give me some ideas for trying to figure out why my black
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2013-07-30 by pdesmidt tds.net
Afaik, MIS is the distributor for Image Specialist inks. I think that s what Eboni is. If MIS were to go away, there should be other ways to get the ink. ...
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2013-07-30 by David Kachel
In this vein, if anything should happen to MIS, and assuming Cone would raise his prices even higher than their current exorbitant level, is there anywhere
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2013-07-30 by KennethL
I had the same experience earlier this year, but more recently have had prompt service and shipment.
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2013-07-30 by Paul Roark
I ve been told that to get support, it s best to use either their phone [(800) 445-8296 is what they have on the web] or e-mail support@inksupply.com Paul
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2013-07-30 by David Kachel
From: zubovak I really want to work with them but they will not return my calls or answer my support requests. I ve never, in 15 years in this business, had
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2013-07-30 by zubovak
I m having a devil of a time with getting help from MIS. I ve got multiple requests, the oldest starting a week ago Monday. I ve had some response and was told
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2013-07-29 by J.F. Felinik
I m on Mac OS X 10.7, and I have that setting on the Epson driver for my 1400, in the control panel under printers when chosing the printer and clicking to
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2013-07-29 by Paul Roark
David, ... I mostly used Museo Silver Rag to get my sepia toned prints with MIS PK, LK, & LLK. Like Terry said, expect a Lab B max of about 14 on glossy
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2013-07-29 by Terry Ritz
... Canson Platine works very nicely, and it has an excellent Dmax with MIS PK (around 2.40). I get Lab b* values that peak around 14. This is my standard
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2013-07-29 by Jack DeAngelis
*Sounds like these feed issues are hit or miss to some extent. Thanks to all that responded and I ll certainly post a follow up if I learn anything new. At
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2013-07-29 by David Kachel
From: Paul Roark An Eboni-based inkset would not allow you to make the sepia-looking 100% carbon prints on gloss (including specifically baryta) papers. I
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2013-07-29 by Paul Roark
David, ... The difference is only 1 Lab B unit on Arches. It is usually more than that on coated papers. An Eboni-based inkset would not allow you to make the
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2013-07-29 by J.F. Felinik
Oh, I see now, sorry for the confusion. ... -- http://felinik.com http://www.facebook.com/jf.felinik 2013/7/29 David
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2013-07-29 by David Kachel
... The marks I was talking about are NOT pizza wheel marks. That s something entirely different. David Kachel ___________________ Artist-Photographer Fine B&W
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2013-07-29 by J.F. Felinik
I ve never seen pizza trails on the 1400 with matte papers, maybe your exit rollers need a bit of cleaning? Try running the thickest watercolor paper you can
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2013-07-29 by David Kachel
I noticed. I noticed a problem with the 1400 and one matte paper yesterday that I have experienced before, so I thought I would share the solution. This first
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2013-07-29 by David Kachel
From: Paul Roark Hope this helps. And a half! Thanks. I greatly appreciate that you are willing to take so much time to respond to me and so many others. It
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2013-07-29 by Paul Roark
David, ** ... Yes, except that I d use Y and LM, not the full strength M. As long as you use QTR, it doesn t matter which ink position you use for the inks.
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2013-07-28 by David Kachel
From: Paul Roark I do not recommend most people do any more than dilute existing inks. It is much safer to use color inks in separate channels. That opens
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2013-07-28 by Vincent Wan
On a 1430 I ve had problems feeding Canson 310gsm RAG Photographique but not Epson Hotpress Natural 310gms. I found that I needed several sheets in the feeder
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2013-07-28 by Keith
I have two 1400 s both bought at the same time. One will load and print perfectly Bockingford Inkjet paper, weight 190g. The other will not load whatever I
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2013-07-28 by J.F. Felinik
Very strange, I just printed Innova Warm Cotton Gloss here today on my 1400, (it s 335 gsm), and no problems what so ever.. Maybe the printer need some kind of
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2013-07-27 by bengui
... *Try running an Epson adhesive page through your printer. Paper dust on rollers can cause the problem you describe. I usually run my own adhesive pages
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2013-07-27 by livingwithbugs@...
The paper I m trying to use is 315 gsm (Innova STNW). Since the printer is new (refurbished) I think the rollers are probably clean. The problem is that the
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2013-07-27 by Paul Roark
300 gsm papers go through a 1400 with just a little manual assist in feeding; no driver or other changes are needed. If they don t it s usually because the
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2013-07-27 by David Lykes Keenan
I m converting an Epson 3880 printer to Piezography b&w printing so I have a large collection of OEM Epson ink cartridges for sale. First, used cartridges
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2013-07-27 by livingwithbugs@...
I am setting up a refurbished Epson 1400 and running into the (well know?) issues with thick papers. As I understand it the paper thickness is set in the
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2013-07-27 by luxlebis
or maybe I can take the claria substitute from ocp and make six dillutions with the ocp with that. Could be great for glossy prints, is that possible?
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2013-07-27 by Ernst Dinkla
... Google searches it better than the LuLa search does. Cybis/Luc Busquin made it, I see, first it was discussed in the middle of that endless thread:
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2013-07-27 by Ernst Dinkla
... There was a quite recent thread on the Luminous Landscape forum where I suggested the use of QTR + scheduling software and someone made an app like that. I
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2013-07-26 by Paul Roark
David ... wrote: ** ... Short answer: Searching this forum with it s search capabilities and the web will probably get you the best
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2013-07-26 by Lew Schwartz
I m on W7 and LR, unfortunately. -Lew Schwartz On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Walker Blackwell
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2013-07-26 by Walker Blackwell
Chron job + JavaScripted photoshop on OS X should do the trick . W ... Walker Blackwell 802.821.4451
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
Hi, in my last post I got advice to maybe try
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2013-07-26 by davidkachel
I stumbled across a reference the other day on the MIS web site to an article on adding color toner (Pigment I presume) to carbon inks in order to control
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
with the MK from Farbenwerk and this:
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2013-07-26 by Paul Roark
Ernst, ... Yes. They appear to be blended carbon + color to make a somewhat more neutral gray ink than the MIS 100% carbon PK, LK, and LLK. It has been a
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
Hi Ben, very interesting, maybe the mk from farbenwerk.com can solve that problem. I think importing from Germany is no problem. Marcus
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2013-07-26 by Ben Albu
Hi Marcus, I had a similar question a while ago. I live in Belgium and thought about importing US inks, but it s always that easy and quite expensive to
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
Oh, thank you that looks interesting
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2013-07-26 by J.F. Felinik
Hi, If you need inexpensive carts for the 1400, I ve bought a cpl of packages of these (to have swaps ready). It s the same as you buy from MIS, but in EU and
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2013-07-26 by Ernst Dinkla
... Thank you Paul. In a search to see what is available in Europe in warm carbon inks I cut an empty Epson 3880 LLK cart open (could not pull ink out with a
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
Interessting http://shop.farbenwerk.com/schwarzweiss-tinten/carbonprint-museum If not EB6 than maybe this is a carbon 6 set mixed by them. I sent an email to
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2013-07-26 by luxlebis
Thank you Paul, I will first get the Printer and the empty cards from farbenwerk.com. Ithink I start with UT 3d first cause I have it here. I m then going to
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