QTR-Quadtone RIP

Thanks Mark,

Sounds good. So you have no complaints about the deepest black density
with K7? I get the feeling this is going to be an excellent inkset for
use with QTR and the 7000. However we can probably get much better
tonal seperation with a good custom linearization though. These older
printers vary quite a bit. Should be fun. We'll also be able to fill
our own carts with bulk ink. Now that is something Epson will never
give us!

John




--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Stracke" <markastracke@y...>
wrote:
> I've used Cone's inks from nearly the beginning and they've always
> been first rate. The K7 shows two noticeable improvements that haven't
> been mentioned here yet, I think.
> 
> One, on most of the printers I use (1160, 3000, 7000) the Cone Quad
> tone inksets would always show visible dots at some point in the scale
> from black to white, usually somewhere in the 15-25% range.Usually it
> was a small range (18-22% for example)> If an image didn't have any of
> this particular tone in it then the print would truly be dotless. It
> was rarely a problem, but there were images that suffered from visible
> dots. And by this I mean that close inspection of an image (from 8
> inches away) would allow one to see the dots, usually after looking
> for a while. Generally this did not detract from the image at "normal"
> viewing distances, but a fly in the ointment none the less. The new
> inks are truly dotless throughout the scale, and inspection through a
> loupe shows what, to my eye, looks like a film grain pattern and not a
>  dot matrix. This is a big improvement.
> 
> Two, the detail in images is much sharper with this inkset. A print
> from the same image at the same size shows greater fine detail,
> through a loupe. I shoot in the city, and street signs, window grills,
> bricks and mortar all are sharper when printed with the K7 inkset.
> It's not a huge difference, but then many of us would contact print
> negatives in the old days in order to achieve a sharper and more three
> dimensional quality to our images. Not a huge improvement, but
> substantial.
> 
> I am very happy with the 2200 and the K7's and I'm looking forward to
> putting these inks into my 7000 when that opportunity is available.