Digital BW, The Print

If the Epson light black (and presumably the MIS equivalent ESC2200-4-LK or ESC7600-4-
LK: yes another confusing area at MIS) is very warm, is there another ink that could take its 
place in the UC set?  That is, a more neutral light black that would be more consistent with 
Eboni and requiring less cooling.  Presumably this other ink could just be reprofiled with 
QTR for B&W and Eye-One for colour work along with the other inks in the ESC2200 set.  
Or is the MIS LK already it?

Regards

Steve

> Or is the MIS LK already it?

The MIS LK is as warm as the Epson LK. It's hard to tell them apart
actually... 

I wouldn't be too surprised if one of the UT-FSN inks were a close match
to the Epson LK in density. If you refill yourself you could buy a
bottle from this page:
http://inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/utfs1160.html

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

Hi Daniel

I was just looking at the UT-HEX inks on this page:

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/ut2200bh.html

Do I run into problems with my colour work if the new LK-position ink is too
far away from Epson UC LK?  Presumably the Epson driver expects a particular
colour ink in that position and an Eye-One profile will only fix so much.

Steve

From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:41:16 +0200
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Epson LK replacement?

> Or is the MIS LK already it?

The MIS LK is as warm as the Epson LK. It's hard to tell them apart
actually... 

I wouldn't be too surprised if one of the UT-FSN inks were a close match
to the Epson LK in density. If you refill yourself you could buy a
bottle from this page:
http://inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/utfs1160.html

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no







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>...Epson light black ...is very warm, 
>is there another ink that could take its place in the UC set?  
>That is, a more neutral light black that would be more consistent with 
>Eboni and requiring less cooling.  ...

When it is released the UT7 LK is a cooled-down version of the warm MIS LK.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/

> Do I run into problems with my colour work if the new 
> LK-position ink is too far away from Epson UC LK?  Presumably 
> the Epson driver expects a particular colour ink in that 
> position and an Eye-One profile will only fix so much.

The LK ink certainly has a major impact on overall color hue, but I
don't know whether the Eye-One will be able to correct for it or not. I
guess it wouldn't cost much to try though. Do as Paul says and wait for
the UT7 LK ink, then you won't have to mess around with refills.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

Thanks Daniel.  I might give it a go once UT7 is available.  I guess I can
do a gamut check while soft proofing with a colour profile made with the
Eye-One and the new light black ink set to see if I have whacked my colour
work way off.  I am very unsure of myself in this area and since I have to
use my printer for both B&W and colour I am nervous about straying to far
from the expected ink colours.

Thanks Paul for the UT7 pointer.

From: "Daniel Staver" <daniel@...>


The LK ink certainly has a major impact on overall color hue, but I
don't know whether the Eye-One will be able to correct for it or not. I
guess it wouldn't cost much to try though. Do as Paul says and wait for
the UT7 LK ink, then you won't have to mess around with refills.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no




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