Digital BW, The Print

Mark, Do you know if the 7600 can handle the 220ml size ink cartridges too?
Thanks
David Aschkenas

In a message dated 8/6/02 10:09:42 AM, ambrotype@... writes:

>When "black" is chosen in the driver it must be using more than one 
>ink because the output isnt black ! (its kind of sepia).

No, thats just the tone of the black ink on that particular paper... its 
using only one color.

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
CDTobie@...

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., daschkenas@a... 
wrote:
> Mark, Do you know if the 7600 can handle the 220ml size ink 
cartridges too?
> Thanks
> David Aschkenas


I have seen this question asked a thousand times, and to my 
knowledge, no one has successfully done it. Everyone wants it to 
work, but my belief is that Epson engineered the 7600 to only 
take the 110s. There is talk out there both ways; some say that 
"they've heard" that it can be done. I just have not read one post 
from an actual user that has said for sure that it can be done.

That's the other reason that I bought the 9600 instead.

MT

Mark,

Would you give us more details on what you do to linearize the printer
before making the profile?

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message -----

From: "marktuckerdotcom" <mtucker508@...>
>
>
> Were you working on your own 2200, and had you custom
> profiled it, and had the Linearization process been completed?
>
> If not, I'd say those are premature words. It's widely known that
> producing a neutral gray is the toughest thing for color inks to do.
> Therefore, they must be first linearized, and then a custom ICC
> profile completed before you could EVER expect them to produce
> a grey stepwedge that was neutral from one end to the other.
>
> I've done it on my 9600, and it uses the same Ultrachromes, so I
> know for sure that it's possible. Out of the box, the 2200 is
> probably a pretty nice printer, especially for the money, but to get
> that last five or ten percent out of it, you've just gotta profile it.
>
> Try that, and then report back with more accurate information.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@b...>
wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> Would you give us more details on what you do to linearize the
printer
> before making the profile?
> 
> Bob Frost.
See the following two messages on DPR printing forum concerning
making 
custom profiles for the 2200.  Apparently the canned Epson profiles
were 
made using the NCA (No color adjustment mode) setting, which is
non-linear.  
If one attempts to print with such profiles, using NCA, then the deep
shadows 
will be blocked up (95-100% end of grey stepwedge).
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=3171453
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=3165190