Thanks, John!
I spent some time last night and created the first profile. I used
PKN, UT7-C, UT7-LC, UT7-M, UT7-LM and FSN-Y. Yes, I copied curves
for M and LM from C and LC. Next step will be eliminating PKN, I see
it makes the profile worse. In general prints already looks OK and
very smooth indeed. I am surprised that this little printer that I
got just for $50 is able to produce same or better quality prints as
my 2200.
-Sergei
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
> I'm using FS-Y, not FSN-Y. It's a little warm, but the cold
papers knock it
> down some. I have it in the Y position, but you can put it
anywhere using
> QTR.
>
> For non-matte papers, I don't use black at all. I use UT7-C with
UT7-M as a
> toner for the dark ink, and UT7-LC with UT7-LM as a toner for the
light ink,
> and FS-Y for the light-light ink. That is a total of 5 slots. I
leave
> Eboni in the black slot, and use it with all the others for matte
papers.
>
> If you are just getting started with QTR, you may be better off
not trying
> to create toner curves for M and LM; just use copy-curve from C
and LC.
>
> Ignoring printer faults, the gray ramp is smooth, with nearly
dotless
> highlights. On areas of a 256 patch test strip, under a Solux
lamp, I can
> "see colors" like Clayton describes. I don't see them in the
handful of
> images I have printed when viewed normally, but I can see how
training to
> look for it might attune one to it. I look forward to hearing
from the
> gurus once they get K7 running on the big machines. My small
prints don't
> typically have large areas of gentle gradient where it seems to
matter.
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> Best regards,
> John Moody
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