Betr.: RE: [Digital BW] new UT EZ inks for C84 printers
2004-02-24 by Casper Cammeraat
Hello all, Recently I bought the C 84 printer, and I can assure you that it prints BO very well with the original Epson ink (and it is really black only, no underprinting) The D-max on Photorag is 1.60-1.62. Even on pretty cheap( 200 sheets for $30) 160grs mat paper the same D-max is reached. greetings, Casper Cammeraat Teammanager dept of Optical Technology National Library of the Netherlands >>> paul.roark@... 23-02-2004 17:43:05 >>> Ed, The "EZ" C82/84 inks assume no profiles or anything. That is, they were aimed at novices who would not do anything to their systems. So, I'd use "same as source" with a file that has not embedded profile. The "warm" is un-toned carbon. If you want a tone between neutral and carbon, you can, for example, stick a warm cart in the yellow position. If you do this you must use a grayscale file to print from. The C82 worked best with EEM and PhotoRag because of the good dmax these papers have. A "problem" with the C82 was that it under-printed the 100% black with some color inkset. This made for smoother transitions but lowered the dmax. Whether this is still true with the C84 is unknown. Someone sent me a dmax reading that may indicate the C84 has a better dmax. Good luck. Paul www.PaulRoark.com For UT2 information, curves, and settings see: http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/ ______________________________________
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-----Original Message----- From: edrudolpho [mailto:erudolph@...] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 7:16 AM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Digital BW] new UT EZ inks for C84 printers Hi all, I've just ordered a set of the EZ B&W UT inks to use with an Epson C84 printer that I got for free when I bought a computer recently. Here is the info from the MIS website: "There are 2 inksets for the Epson C82 (&C84) , a warm set (EZW) and a neutral set (EZN). Both make beautiful prints with out any workflow whatsoever. This means that all you have to do is install the cartridges in the printer and print. There are no adjustments required, no curves to fuss with, and any software that can print an image can be used. The images can be in color or grayscale, it does not matter. Of course you will need some fine art paper and you have to print in the Best Photo mode with no color adjustment. It is Easy to make great looking B&W archival quality prints. Matte and glossy prints can be created by selecting either an Eboni black cartridge, for matte prints, or the Photo Black cartridge for glossy prints. The Ultratone CMY cartridges work on both types of media. The inks were optimized for Hahnamuhle Photo Rag paper. Other papers may produce different results." My questions: what Proof Setup, if any, would you use in PS7 or CS? Would you send the images to the printer with the Printer Space set to Same As Source? Thanks for any info Ed Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. Please follow these basic guidelines: - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. - Good manners are required at all time. 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