QTR-Quadtone RIP

cheesecraft@... <cheesecraft@...> wrote:

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> I see that Epson Artisan 1430 printers are very reasonable with the cash
> rebate. They have 6 carts so could presumably run on the Piezography
> methodology 3 inkset. But since they are not supported with curves and you
> would be on your own as far as profiles go, I wonder if anyone could
> recommend another 3rd party inkset that could be diluted down to make
> custom ink densities for making smooth dither free digital negatives with
> pretty standard density?
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MIS glossy carbons dilute easily to any density you want.  They have PK (K4
is modern and lower load, MP is the older higher load PK), LK, LLK -- the
standards.  They also have UT-C (between PK and LK, originally aimed at 30%
MK density) and UT-LC (30% UT-C).  The UT-LC (aka UT7-LC) is slightly
denser than LLK.  Additionally MIS EZ-W is about 80% of LK.  The MIS amber
base is what one uses to make other densities.

I have the URLs for most of these inks at page 2 of
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/4000-6K-Plus.pdf .

The amber base is at
http://www.inksupply.com/searchresults.cfm?q=amber+base&x=11&y=3 .   I
don't recommend using the generic base for these, as the base contains the
binder then need to stick to glossy papers and films.

On page 4 you'll see how they partition (but on a very different paper than
you're aiming at).

Good luck with the project.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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