QTR-Quadtone RIP

David:

 

Would you mind being just a bit more specific as to exactly which HP
cartridges you buy, i.e., which model HP printer?

 

Elliot

 

From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com [mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:26 PM
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Convert K3 to K5 plus C3 (for toning) - advice
appreciated

 

  

Amin,

 

I just went a similar route.

 

Your second black is way too strong. You will not get useful distinction
between it and 100% K. More concentrated than 30% gives no advantage.

I am using this combination and it is working out very well:

 

K = 100%

K2 = 30%

K3 = 18%

K4 = 9%

K5 = 4%

M = M

Y = Y

What I'm doing with the remaining slot is super top secret for now, but it
could certainly hold C.

 

Don't use 3rd party pigment inks. What's the point of using super-stable K
ink if you are going to add some oddball, unknown quantity color ink that
will burst into flames the second daylight hits it?!

Buy outdated cartridges for larger Epson pigment ink machines and drain
them. Better yet, do what I did. Buy outdated cartridges for large HP Vivera
pigment printers. The HP inks work in the Epson printers (but not vice
versa) and are far more stable. The Epson inks last decades, the HP inks,
centuries. A no-brainer!

 

One precaution. I am using an Epson 3800 for this. How it might perform in a
3000 is a complete mystery to me. You probably won't blow up your
neighborhood, but you could destroy your printer. Either way, I never heard
of you!

 

;-)

 

 

David Kachel

 

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From: "amog19@... [QuadtoneRIP]" <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com>
Reply-To: <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 2:02 PM
To: <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Convert K3 to K5 plus C3 (for toning) - advice
appreciated

 

100% MK

60% - 81% MK (needs testing to figure out)

27% MK

9% MK

3% MK

100% C

100% M (VM)

100% Y