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Re: Number of Grays for UT2 and 1280?

2005-09-08 by Tom Husband

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" <thusband@s...> wrote:
> For UT2 ink and the 1280 printer how many shades of gray are there? 
> Going from dark to light it's Black, Magenta and Light Magenta right?
>  Cyan and Light Cyan are toners, I think, but they look kind of gray
> to me.  I couldn't find the information at the MIS site.
> 
> Also Curve Creator/Ink Setup shows six colors for EEnhMatte-cool-1.
> The last Light Magenta (LM) is grayed out but has a density showing of
> 17.2 with no limit.  Does this mean it's not used?
> 
> I'm ready to tackle my 1280 after making my first curve for my 2200
> and UC Ink.  I'm very pleased with the results and would like to thank
> folks here for the help.
> 
> Tom

Think I found it:

Black = Eboni
Cyan = Dark Gray
Light Cyan = Med. Gray
Yellow = Light Gray
Magenta = Blue Toner
Light Magenta = Light Blue Toner

Right?  Still don't understand why the LM is grayed out in the Ink Setup.

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