Message
Re: NK7 Ink smears on glossy paper
2006-01-23 by studio9chik
--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" wrote:
>
> The NK7 inkset is designed for matte and fine art papers, not rc based
> emulsions at all. Same with all the Piezzotone inks. However, that is
> not going to stop me from tying it on the Crane Silver Rag. I don't
> expect much but I'll try. There have been reports though of someone
> trying K7 in a beta test with a Roland 12 channel printer and the Ergo
> Soft Davinci rip to precisely control ink limits. They said the print
> tests on Silver Rag "passed the muster", what ever that means. So I
> guess it is not totally out of the question. Now the bronzing
> situation, they didn't say.
>
> Now the one thing that has occured to me is whether one could
> substitue a good PK ink in the darkest slot of K7 to do glossy work.
> That would be amazing and produce a really different and innovative
> result. But this would destroy all the generic curves that are offered
> so would would have to start from the beginning with designing them
> for that combination I assume. I have a feeling someone will try that
> in the near future. It is an obvious thing to try. But it might also
> effect the color neutrality, which is a major reason this inkset was
> designed the way it was in the first place. But since the PK would be
> the darkest channel and is laying down the max black content, possibly
> not visible color change?
>
> If I had another printer and time to devote to that I would. I don't
> right now.
>
> John
>
>
>
> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, Scott Hillmann shillmann@c... wrote:
> >
> >; I am new to NK7 ink. I am using an Epson R1800 w/ QuadtoneRIP on Mac
> > OSX. The results on matte paper are good, however the same
> > monochrome image printed on Epson Premium Glossy photo paper results
> > in good looking prints but the top layer of ink never dries. I am
> > generally printing at 2880 dpi and I have not changed the ink limit
> > adjustment. I select glossy paper in the "Printer Features" popup.
> > Is NK7 ink designed to work with glossy paper? Do I need to reduce
> > the amount of ink laid down in the ink limit adjustment? Is there
> > some other setting I am missing? Thanks. Scott
> >
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