Digital BW, The Print

I have my 2200 running with a dilute Eboni inkset that is making relatively
neutral matte prints.  I think this opens the K2 and other 3 - 4 drop size
Epson printer bases to this workflow.  For me it is the Holy Grail.

 

See page 6 of http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-5.pdf 

 

Paul

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"I think this opens the K2 and other 3 - 4 drop size
Epson printer bases to this workflow."


Paul,

Would that include the 4800..?

Thanks,

Scott

Hi Scott,

>>"I think this opens the K2 and other 3 - 4 drop size
>>Epson printer bases to this workflow."

>Would that include the 4800..?

I suspect so.  It's possible the 4880 has a drop size that is a bit smaller
than the 2200, but I think they are very close.

By the way, tonight I put an Eboni-7 inkset into the 2200 and drove it with
the Epson driver.  With a Photoshop image adjustment curve embedded in an
ICC with Create ICC-RGB, this makes a "color managed" workflow that prints
super smooth at 1440 -- rather faster than QTR at 2880.  The print tone on
my target paper -- Premier Art Smooth BW -- was very close to what I'm
getting on the 7500.  Lab B peaked at +1 at 45% and then dropped
continuously to dead neutral at the black point.  So, it looks like the
modern printers can come very close to matching the 7500 tones.  A color
managed (Create ICC), Epson driver workflow is a nice alternative for this
relatively neutral 100% carbon approach.  This alternative should be
available on all of the modern Epson printers.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

>... I put an Eboni-7 inkset into the 2200 and drove it with
>the Epson driver. With a Photoshop image adjustment curve embedded 
>in an ICC with Create ICC-RGB, this makes a "color managed" 
>workflow that prints super smooth at 1440 ...

It turns out I'm getting nice prints even with the driver just set to Color
Controls.  In short, this approach appears to be amenable to even the
simplest workflow, probably on any 3 - 4 pl Epson printer.  

I've used standard MIS and Epson densities, so it's not all that surprising.
The maximum Lab B=1 on Premier Art Smooth BW with any of the workflows is
what is surprising.  I was aiming at the high end, but I seem to have also
stumbled onto "EZ-Carbon" for any Epson hextone, k2 or k3 printer.  (Got to
try this on a Canon printer.  Carbon should not be bothered by the thermal
head heat.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com