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Re: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: [Quadtone RIP] Curves for Epson 2200/2100

2005-03-25 by Daniel Staver

I'm the one who wrote the windows version of the QuadProfile program. 
With the previous version of Quadprofile it was impossible to control 
the tone of the black ink. You could only neutralize the Light Black 
using light cyan and light magenta inks.

Since 2.2 it's been possible to also neutralize the black ink using cyan 
and magenta, but I don't think anybody has taken advantage of this 
feature yet and created profiles which are completely neutral in the 
shadows. The Epson PK ink is very warm, and I think any profile created 
with the earlier version would be warm at least in the shadows.

I could help you create a new profile, but I use the MIS 7600 
Ultrachrome replacement inks in my 2100 and their PK responds 
differently than the Epson one. Any profile I create with this inkset 
may not work for you. I could still make an attempt of course...

Both issues can be solved by using the UT7 inkset with MIS-PKN ink and 
Gloss Optimizer. This will give you totally neutral prints with no 
bronzing on luster papers. I have profiles for Epson Premium Semigloss 
and Ilford Smooth Pearl.

--
Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no

> I guess my main problem (other than bronzing which by all accounts is 
> something I have to live with on Luster paper), is that the prints 
> aren\ufffdt neutral, they are slightly too warm, even using the 
> UCpk-EPremSemiGloss-cool curves, which is why my original question made 
> a request for some improved curves. I\ufffdve still to experiment with some 
> other built-in curves or a combination of \ufffdNone\ufffd and the 
> UCpk-EPremSemiGloss-cool.

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