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2005-11-16 by gaberegalbuto
MIS lists only their EZ inks as being compatible with the C88. I'm a bit wary of anything with "EZ" in the title. I'm a complicated man. I developed curves for my old 740 with MIS inks (great results) years ago and wouldn't mind going through the process again. Is there any technical reason not to put UT or UT2 inks in a C88?
2005-11-16 by Paul Roark
The "EZ" inks are just that. If you wanted more of a challenge, designing your own curves, then you could do either a monotone partition with UT-FS or a variable-tone with the UT (aka UT1) inkset. The C88 is more like the old 1160 (a quad) than the printers that use the UT2 (hextone variable tone). If you have not purchased a printer yet, consider the hextone R220. I have an "EZ" design for it and the R200 (not yet but soon available from MIS), and the UT2 or UT7, in addition to variants of these, run on these modern but cheap hextone printers. The existing curves sets for the 1280 and 2200 do not work on the R200/220, but the printer is a very capable printer that can make letter size prints that are about as good as it gets. It may be a more satisfying printer to play with if you want the challenge of making your own curves and inkset modifications. Paul www.PaulRoark.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of > gaberegalbuto > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 9:27 AM > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Digital BW] UT in a C88 > > MIS lists only their EZ inks as being compatible with the C88. I'm a > bit wary of anything with "EZ" in the title. I'm a complicated man. > I developed curves for my old 740 with MIS inks (great results) years > ago and wouldn't mind going through the process again. Is there any > technical reason not to put UT or UT2 inks in a C88? > > > > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as > they are often being updated. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to > unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same > page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep > them short. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. > Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the > membership without notice. > - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W > printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from > the membership. > - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and > guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner > and Moderators. See "Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines" in the Files > section: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ > > BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE "OWNER" AND > "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO > YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR > EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF > PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE > "OWNER" AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN > ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE > OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) > UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) > STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT > YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE > PRINT YAHOO GROUP. > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
2005-11-18 by gaberegalbuto
Thanks for the pointer. I was so happy with the results from my quad 740 (and a couple long nights tweaking curves) that I hadn't really considered a hex. I guess my only hesitation would be based on a speculation that the C86, a pigment printer, would take to the heavy inks better than the dye printers. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...> wrote: > > The "EZ" inks are just that. If you wanted more of a challenge, designing > your own curves, then you could do either a monotone partition with UT-FS or > a variable-tone with the UT (aka UT1) inkset. The C88 is more like the old > 1160 (a quad) than the printers that use the UT2 (hextone variable tone). > > If you have not purchased a printer yet, consider the hextone R220. I have > an "EZ" design for it and the R200 (not yet but soon available from MIS), > and the UT2 or UT7, in addition to variants of these, run on these modern > but cheap hextone printers. The existing curves sets for the 1280 and 2200 > do not work on the R200/220, but the printer is a very capable printer that > can make letter size prints that are about as good as it gets. It may be a
> more satisfying printer to play with if you want the challenge of making > your own curves and inkset modifications. >