Digital BW, The Print

I am seriously considering converting my 7600 (pigments) to a full-
time b/w printer. I'm basically looking for a confirmation of the UT7 
inkset or suggestions for other better options. I'm not so concerned 
with truly nuetral b/w as I am with variable toning options, which is 
one of the reasons why I'm favoring UT7. Hahnemuhle Photorag has been 
and will continue to be my paper of choice. 

I'm looking for deepest and richest blacks, and as far as I have 
researched, UT7 with Eboni black on Photorag seems like the way to 
get it. Am I solid in my thinking? Are there any significant concerns 
or things I should be aware of in the changeover? Is the changeover 
fairly straightforward and easy? BTW, I run WinXP.

Thanks in advance for your insights. 

Michael
www.mgordonphotography.com

Michael,

I too run Windows XP and been beta testing the 7600 with UT7 for a 
while now and love it. You'll have to flush thoroughly before the 
change, but all is pretty straight forward. So far in building 
curves for the 7600 I have found the PhotoRag to be the best in 
terms of richness of black and it also gives the best dmax on the 
7600... around 1.68

You can download my curves at:

http://www.billschwab.com/digital_bw.html

Good Luck!

Bill

www.billschwab.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gordon" 
<michael_gordon@v...> wrote:
  I also use HPhotoRag and I've just set up a CFS system with the UT7 
inks on my 7600, and I'm ecstatic. Thanks to Bob of MIS and Bill 
Schwab, it's working like a dream. The blacks are the deepest I've 
ever had - and my prints are better than ever. 

Good luck, 
 ArleneLove
 www.arlenelove.com   
> I am seriously considering converting my 7600 (pigments) to a full-
> time b/w printer. I'm basically looking for a confirmation of the 
UT7 
> inkset or suggestions for other better options. I'm not so 
concerned 
> with truly nuetral b/w as I am with variable toning options, which 
is 
> one of the reasons why I'm favoring UT7. Hahnemuhle Photorag has 
been 
> and will continue to be my paper of choice. 
> 
> I'm looking for deepest and richest blacks, and as far as I have 
> researched, UT7 with Eboni black on Photorag seems like the way to 
> get it. Am I solid in my thinking? Are there any significant 
concerns 

> or things I should be aware of in the changeover? Is the changeover 
> fairly straightforward and easy? BTW, I run WinXP.
>  
> Thanks in advance for your insights. 
> 
> Michael
> www.mgordonphotography.com

> I also use HPhotoRag and I've just set up a CFS system with the UT7 
> inks on my 7600, and I'm ecstatic. Thanks to Bob of MIS and Bill 
> Schwab, it's working like a dream. The blacks are the deepest I've 
> ever had - and my prints are better than ever. 


THANK YOU for the replies, Bill and Arlene. 

One final question: are there any known bugs or issues with the UT7 
inkset combined with Epson driver/printer? Thanks again. 

Michael
www.mgordonphotography.com