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Re: Number of Grays for UT2 and 1280?

2005-09-08 by Tom Husband

> Hi Tom,
> 
> The UT2 inkset is really two sets of inks.  There's black (which is
a bit warm),
> 2 warm grays and 2 cool grays.  Then Y is usually a sepia ink but
sometimes its
> replaced with light gray (probably warmish).   So for the profiles
the grays
> are usually K, M, LM and possibly Y.  Then use the toner section to
do a set
> of cool grays that you mix in.   When you get down to it there are a
lot of
> combinations of how you can use the inks.   I highly recommend
starting with
> the existing profiles.  See how the profiles are structured and how
the generated 
> curves look.   In fact if you just want different papers you can
probably just
> re-linearize existing ones rather than starting from scratch.
> 
> Roy

Thanks Roy,

So when you buy the UT2 inkset from MIS it can come with different
inks or are you referring to folks who fill empty carts?  I'll play
around with some existing profiles and see what comes up.

Tom

Tom

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