Digital BW, The Print

> Disaster YES.  Check out Chris Brandin's workflow for 4-color
> printers and MIS-Original Quad inkset on the MIS site.
>
> http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/workflow.html

Thanks, but I did download Chris's workflow, and the pdf file that goes
with it, but the pdf describes the workflow as being for the Epson 1160
printer, so I thought that it would do me no good, as I have an Epson
3000. Will it work for a 3000?


-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
A business is as honest as its advertisements.
.

Robert:

Chris Brandin's is the only partitioned RGB workflow that I am aware 
of for the MIS original quads.  Although it is written for the 1160, 
it might work for the 3000 -- you'll need to give it a try and 
experiment.  If Chris' workflow doesn't work for you and you are not 
ready to start tweaking the 3 partitioned color curves, you could try 
John Woolf's lumped workflow which has only 1 curve.  

FWIW, I recommend you sell or pitch the MIS original carts and switch 
to VM, VM-sepia, FS, FS-N.  In general I have found the blacks are 
better and there are obviously more choices of workflows.  You also 
might want to consider the PiezoBW driver which now can be purchased 
separetly and the FS or FS-N inkset which were formulated to work 
with PiezoBW.   The major advantage of the PiezoBW driver is that 
there are many paper profiles and a very large community of users.

Good Luck

Jeff Randall


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Robert C Wittig" 
<rwittig@c...> wrote:
> > Disaster YES.  Check out Chris Brandin's workflow for 4-color
> > printers and MIS-Original Quad inkset on the MIS site.
> >
> > http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/workflow.html
> 
> Thanks, but I did download Chris's workflow, and the pdf file that 
goes
> with it, but the pdf describes the workflow as being for the Epson 
1160
> printer, so I thought that it would do me no good, as I have an 
Epson

> 3000. Will it work for a 3000?
> 
> 
> -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
> A business is as honest as its advertisements.
> .

Jeff,

> Chris Brandin's is the only partitioned RGB workflow that I am aware
> of for the MIS original quads. ...<snip>... The major advantage of the
PiezoBW driver is that
> there are many paper profiles and a very large community of users.

Thanks for the suggestions! Sure, I will give Chris' workflow a try, I
have nothing to lose. I am going to go ahead and use up the ink carts
that I currently have, as I have them in hand, and I have a lot of really
basic printing issues to learn about (total newbie, here) for which they
will work just fine. I will think about which of the other MIS options I
will order, to replace what I have now, when they begin to dry up.

Am I correct in assuming that as long as I stay with MIS inks, I can just
pull all four of the older carts and replace them with the new set
without flushing the system, or will I have to use cleaning cartridges to
make the transition?

I will stay with the Epson drivers for the moment, as buying the printer
set me back a fair amount of cash, and also, I want to make changes one
at a time, so I can see their results, and better get a feel for which
variable is responsible for what changes, in the print process.

thanks,
-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
A business is as honest as its advertisements.
.

Robert:

"Robert C Wittig" <rwittig@c...> wrote:

>I am going to go ahead and use up the ink carts
> that I currently have, as I have them in hand, and I have a lot of 
really
> basic printing issues to learn about (total newbie, here) for which 
they
> will work just fine.

Good idea.  You will go through many carts and boxes of paper in the 
learning process.  Atlantic Exchange is an excellent supplier of 
EAM/EEM paper -- http://www.atlex.com/

< I will think about which of the other MIS options I
> will order, to replace what I have now, when they begin to dry up.

I recommend that you actually test/try several of the inkset options 
in carts before you settle on your favorite and buy a CIS/CFS 
system.  You can get wide ranging opinions of which inkset is the 
best here and in other forums, but only you and your eye can be the 
final judge of what works for your images and your setup.

> Am I correct in assuming that as long as I stay with MIS inks, I 
can just
> pull all four of the older carts and replace them with the new set
> without flushing the system, or will I have to use cleaning 
cartridges to
> make the transition?

No compatability problems that I'm aware of.  You will probably need 
to do a couple of cleaning cycles after switching carts and do some 
routine preventivative head and pad cleaning as well (search on 
Windex here and check the MIS and PiezoBW sites for lots of cleaning 
tips). 
 
> I will stay with the Epson drivers for the moment, as buying the 
printer
> set me back a fair amount of cash, and also, I want to make changes 
one
> at a time, so I can see their results, and better get a feel for 
which
> variable is responsible for what changes, in the print process.

Excellent plan.

Jeff Randall