Re: [Digital BW] Which inkset for Epson 1160?
2001-12-21 by Jerry Olson
No. You get no dots if you use paul roark's curves and the MIS Variable Tone hex or quad inks. You want to ask for the VM black ink, not the regular black ink. The quality equals piezo in every way. Jerry P.S. Using pauls curves, you won't need too much more calibration than the adobe gamma in photoshop, for black and white printing. You can also use them with a lot of different papers, with only a slight tweak in the epson sliders. peter_in_seattle wrote:
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> > I'm going crazy trying to choose the "right" quadtone inkset for my > brand new Epson 1160 (connected to a Mac). Can anyone offer > any clear guidance? Here's what I've gleaned so far: > > If I use Piezo inks & driver: > > - I'll get beautiful prints free of microdots, microbanding and > other nasty digital-looking stuff , but > - it will set me back more than $300 > - I'll need to calibrate my monitor, so add the cost of calibration > tools on top of the $335+ for the software & inks, > - my prints will have a slightly greenish cast under certain > lighting conditions, and > - I run the risk that some point my printer will clog up and die a > horrible death. > > MIS inks such as the Full-Spectrum inkset: > > - offer better color (less green or metamerism, especially the FS > inkset) and > - carry less risk of clogging than the Cone/Piezo inks (or so I've > been reading on this newsgroup). But > - because they rely on the Epson driver, they're still made up of > little dithered dots or lines or whatever, which is one of the things > I'm trying to get away from by switching to quadtone in the first > place. > - Also these inks apparently work with fewer types of papers, or > so I gather. > > Is this all correct so far? > > Now I know nothing about the Lyson inks, so I'd welcome any > info on those, as well as links to websites or groups that > discuss them. > > I've seen some posts here and there suggesting that people > could use the Cone driver with the MIS FS inks in order to get > dither-free prints that are less likely to clog and kill one's printer. > Does anyone reading this have any actual experience doing > this? If so, what kind of results did you get? Are there published > workflows for this? Cone recommends against it, of course. > > Finally, is there anyone in the Seattle/Puget Sound area doing > quadtone work who might be interested in showing me some of > their print samples so I could get a better idea about all this? > > Many thanks, > Peter > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or "flames." > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/