Digital BW, The Print

Just switched from Lyson Quad Black to MIS Eboni and UTFS-N inkset.  I 
had a time getting everything worked out but the folks at MIS were 
helpful and patient. Want to run a couple more test prints and may move 
to a CFS for my Epson 2000p.  Printing on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 and 
it is awesome!!!

MIS UT-FSN is great stuff, but I do get bronzing on some papers
(Arches Infinity, Crane Museo, ...). If you see this problem and are
using the Epson driver, changing the paper type won't fix the problem,
but replacing the FSN yellow with  MIS UT-R2 yellow works like a
charm. The FSN and R2 ink densities are different, so you will need to
relinearize your inkset if you take this route.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jiggy955"
<jiggy955@...> wrote:

>
> Just switched from Lyson Quad Black to MIS Eboni and UTFS-N inkset.  I 
> had a time getting everything worked out but the folks at MIS were 
> helpful and patient. Want to run a couple more test prints and may move 
> to a CFS for my Epson 2000p.  Printing on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 and 
> it is awesome!!!
>

>MIS UT-FSN is great stuff, but I do get bronzing on some papers
>(Arches Infinity, Crane Museo, ...).

I don't think I ever was able to get what I thought was a good image on
those papers.

> ... replacing the FSN yellow with MIS UT-R2 yellow works 
> like a charm.

That's good to know.  Bronzing is often made worse by the more dilute
inksets.  Avoiding the overly-dilute inks was a major part of my move from
the original UT inkset to the UT2 design.

> The FSN and R2 ink densities are different, 

Yes, the FSN-Y is very dilute -- too much so for many papers, especially on
a machine like the 2000 that pours on lots of ink.  This is why I don't
recommend glossy papers with the 2000p and UT-FS approach.

> so you will need to relinearize your inkset if you take this route.

True.
 
Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 
 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jiggy955"
<jiggy955@...> wrote:

>
> Just switched from Lyson Quad Black to MIS Eboni and UTFS-N inkset. I 
> had a time getting everything worked out but the folks at MIS were 
> helpful and patient. Want to run a couple more test prints and may move 
> to a CFS for my Epson 2000p. Printing on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 and 
> it is awesome!!!
>

Hi Paul. Just curious -- what was the problem you saw with the images
printed on Infinity and Museo? The b&w images I print on these are
pretty much indestinguishable from prints made on EEM, Premier Art Hot
Press, and Moab Entrada when I linearize using transfer curves. I
think the dMax I get on Museo is a tad low (~1.58 - 1.6) but this
isn't really apparent when viewing the finished print. I *never* see
flaking on the Infinity or Museo; the Infinity is slightly smoother,
so I find that I use it more often. I like them because they are
heavy, smooth, and relatively bright for all-cotton papers without
OBAs. Nicely packaged without any camber. I am always looking for new
papers, though. I just started testing Hawk Mountain Merlin Natural.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> 
> >MIS UT-FSN is great stuff, but I do get bronzing on some papers
> >(Arches Infinity, Crane Museo, ...).
> 
> I don't think I ever was able to get what I thought was a good image on
> those papers.
> 
> > ... replacing the FSN yellow with MIS UT-R2 yellow works 
> > like a charm.
> 
> That's good to know.  Bronzing is often made worse by the more dilute
> inksets.  Avoiding the overly-dilute inks was a major part of my
move from
> the original UT inkset to the UT2 design.
> 
> > The FSN and R2 ink densities are different, 
> 
> Yes, the FSN-Y is very dilute -- too much so for many papers,
especially on
> a machine like the 2000 that pours on lots of ink.  This is why I don't
> recommend glossy papers with the 2000p and UT-FS approach.
> 
> > so you will need to relinearize your inkset if you take this route.
> 
> True.
>  
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
>  
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jiggy955"
> <jiggy955@> wrote:
> >
> > Just switched from Lyson Quad Black to MIS Eboni and UTFS-N inkset. I 
> > had a time getting everything worked out but the folks at MIS were 
> > helpful and patient. Want to run a couple more test prints and may
move 

> > to a CFS for my Epson 2000p. Printing on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 and 
> > it is awesome!!!
> >
>

>Hi Paul. Just curious -- what was the problem you saw with the images
>printed on Infinity and Museo? 

I was getting low dmaxs and not very good smoothness.  

> I like them because they are heavy, smooth, and relatively bright
> for all-cotton papers without OBAs. 

Have you tried Premier Art Hot Press 325?  It's a nice heavy, smooth, cotton
paper with no OBAs and a high dmax?

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com