Digital BW, The Print

I have a 1160 that has come back from my local Epson technician with the 
news that the magenta head is, indeed, hopelessly blocked. I also have a 
bunch of spongeless carts, bottles of MIS UT-quad inks, and QuadToneRIP.

I still want to make prints. I'd appreciate your comments on what I 
should do. So far, I have thought of these options:

1
Have the print head replaced. This is likely to cost as much as the 
printer is worth, and I'm not inclined to do that...

2
Just load the eboni K and enjoy the BO experience. An easy option...

3
Load the M ink in the Y chamber of the carts. Make a new QTR curve based 
on the UT-EEnhMatte-warm curve, but with the M ink curve assigned to the 
Y channel. I don't know exactly how to do this, but I guess it should 
not be beyond me, though the results are too warm for my taste. This 
seems like a bit of farting around, for a result I don't really want...

4
Give up...

Your comments please, or other suggestions?

Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au

Peter;

My suggestion would be a variant of # two, but if the LK ink is too 
warm, re-mix it to give you a good match for Eboni. I'm on my second 
itteration (not complete enough to give details) of this, but the first 
one consisted of: two parts UT-7 LK, one part standard MIS LK, and 1ml 
magenta per 30ml of mix to take the yellow green out of it. Changing 
the curve to use the Y channel is drop-dead easy, You'll figure it out 
in half-hour tops, including reading time. You could coceivably use the 
remaining channel for a LLK and have a K3 setup. or you could keep a 
warm ink in it to give you sepia when needed. Have a go at it!

Steven Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marquis-> 
Load the M ink in the Y chamber of the carts. Make a new QTR curve 
based 
> on the UT-EEnhMatte-warm curve, but with the M ink curve assigned to 
the 
> Y channel. I don't know exactly how to do this, but I guess it should 
> not be beyond me, though the results are too warm for my taste. This 
> seems like a bit of farting around, for a result I don't really 
want...
>

The 1160 does not need the FS-Y (lightest) ink to be smooth.  FS-M is
sufficient.  So, I'd go with option #3.  

Note that the 1160 variable-tone curves are based on using a toner in the Y
spot.  The M spot then has a light ink that is about half way between the FS
Y and M inks.  In the variable tone inksets, this light gray is pure carbon,
so you might not want to use it.  The variable-tone warm curve, that cuts
out the toner, will give you an idea of what a curve that just uses 3 inks
would look like.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

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> Marquis-Kyle
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> Subject: [Digital BW] What to do with a partially disabled 1160
> 
> I have a 1160 that has come back from my local Epson technician with the
> news that the magenta head is, indeed, hopelessly blocked. I also have a
> bunch of spongeless carts, bottles of MIS UT-quad inks, and QuadToneRIP.
> 
> I still want to make prints. I'd appreciate your comments on what I
> should do. So far, I have thought of these options:
> 
> 1
> Have the print head replaced. This is likely to cost as much as the
> printer is worth, and I'm not inclined to do that...
> 
> 2
> Just load the eboni K and enjoy the BO experience. An easy option...
> 
> 3
> Load the M ink in the Y chamber of the carts. Make a new QTR curve based
> on the UT-EEnhMatte-warm curve, but with the M ink curve assigned to the
> Y channel. I don't know exactly how to do this, but I guess it should
> not be beyond me, though the results are too warm for my taste. This
> seems like a bit of farting around, for a result I don't really want...
> 
> 4
> Give up...
> 
> Your comments please, or other suggestions?
> 
> Peter Marquis-Kyle
> www.marquis-kyle.com.au
> 
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Peter, I also had a really bad clog on my 1160 Ultratone ink 'M' head 
the other day, and thought it was all over, but I reverted back to 
the windex fix, and it worked just fine (didn't even have to wait 
over night, just a few minutes of soaked paper towel under the 
heads)...then proceeded to print a number of flawless prints w/o any 
cleaning cycles. If you aren't familiar with this windex fix, try 
search for "clog from hell" or some such...I think it was posted on 
this forum a couple years ago, but can't remember for sure. Good 
luck, Mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Peter Marquis-
Kyle <peter@m...> wrote:
> I have a 1160 that has come back from my local Epson technician 
with the 
> news that the magenta head is, indeed, hopelessly blocked. I also 
have a 
> bunch of spongeless carts, bottles of MIS UT-quad inks, and 
QuadToneRIP.
> 
> I still want to make prints. I'd appreciate your comments on what I 
> should do. So far, I have thought of these options:
> 
> 1
> Have the print head replaced. This is likely to cost as much as the 
> printer is worth, and I'm not inclined to do that...
> 
> 2
> Just load the eboni K and enjoy the BO experience. An easy option...
> 
> 3
> Load the M ink in the Y chamber of the carts. Make a new QTR curve 
based 
> on the UT-EEnhMatte-warm curve, but with the M ink curve assigned 
to the 
> Y channel. I don't know exactly how to do this, but I guess it 
should 
> not be beyond me, though the results are too warm for my taste. 
This 
> seems like a bit of farting around, for a result I don't really 
want...

> 
> 4
> Give up...
> 
> Your comments please, or other suggestions?
> 
> Peter Marquis-Kyle
> www.marquis-kyle.com.au