Digital BW, The Print

UCCalBear [uccalbear@...] wrote:

>I have been trying to piece together a good solution to my black and white
>printing for a neutral non color cast or metamerism print from either an
>epson 3000 or an epson 1200.  Ive looked at most of the previous messages
>and was wondering if someone could clear once and for all, which ink set
>either MIS FS or InkJetMall or someone else's, that is neutral, archival,
>and without metamerism and colorcast.  Anyone?

Among the pigmented inksets, MIS FS-N, MIS VM and MIS VM-sepia are the only
ones I know of that can produce a neutral B&W print.  (I have not used Lyson
inks because they are dye-based and not as compatible with the color
pigmented inks I use.)  I see no significant metamerism in these MIS
inksets.

All of these MIS inksets can run on either the 1200 or 3000.  The FS inkset
uses the Piezo driver, but can be printed with the Epson driver and
partitioning RGB curves on the 3000.  The VM inksets use RGB curves that are
available free.  How close the images will come to dead neutral depends on
the curve and paper.

The pre-made "nc" (neutral cool) curves for the MIS VM inkset tend to be 4
units (of 256) cool.  This is, in part, to offset the warming that all
inksets experience.  The FS-N is about 2 units cool and will warm much less
that others.  The VM-sepia, which shares the more stable FS-N gray inks, can
be tuned to be virtually dead neutral -- which is what I have done for the
3000 and PC (the combination that I use).

I hope this helps clarify the choices for you.  The pros and cons of the
Piezo v. Epson driver can be found by searching the archives of subject
lines for a few days back.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

MIS VM has very little metamerism in any light. you can get total neutral prints with the inkset, or any tone between blue and brown if you
want it.

Jerry

UCCalBear wrote:

> I have been trying to piece together a good solution to my black and white
> printing for a neutral non color cast or metamerism print from either an
> epson 3000 or an epson 1200.  Ive looked at most of the previous messages
> and was wondering if someone could clear once and for all, which ink set
> either MIS FS or InkJetMall or someone else's, that is neutral, archival,
> and without metamerism and colorcast.  Anyone?
>
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