Digital BW, The Print

Is this a suitable platform for Carbon/cotton printing? Does
QuadtoneRip work well with it? What about the 3000?

Thank you.

Hi;

The answer is no, QTR does not support it. QTR does support the 3000, 
though there are no canned profiles for it. If you must by an older 
machine, your best bet is a refurbished 2200.

Steve Karafyllakis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "soundboyny" <kai-
ming@n...> wrote:

>
> Is this a suitable platform for Carbon/cotton printing? Does
> QuadtoneRip work well with it? What about the 3000?
> 
> Thank you.
>

> 
> Is this a suitable platform for Carbon/cotton printing? Does
> QuadtoneRip work well with it? What about the 3000?
> 

Although it has limitations, the 3000 is still probably the cheapest way to
make great 16 x 20 digital B&W prints.  I have canned curves for the MIS FS
(PiezoBW clone) inks that can be used with the Epson driver.

An interesting question is whether the Create ICC would work with the 3000.
If it does, then one can combine easy linearization and monitor-matching
with the old 3000 workhorse.  That might make a nice combination.  However,
for the control curves to be embedded into an ICC, they need some
modifications.  My old 7500 (7 pl dots) worked fine with the modifications.
Whether the 3000 with its 11 pl dots would be acceptable with them is an
open question.  If someone has a 3000 with  MIS FS (UT-FS or FSN) or PiezoBW
inks, we could give it a try to see what happens.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
> My old 7500 (7 pl dots) worked fine with the modifications.
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>


Maybe that should read continues to still work fine. It is, after all, 
and ancient printer.

Though I have seen some output from a 7000 with the Cone K6 inkset, and 
the highlights are really smooth (QTR linearization print). And that 
reminds me of an email I need to send...