QTR-Quadtone RIP

Maybe we can sort out where the monkey spanner is here...

Richard Boutwell

Richard,

I tried out Epson Exhibition Fibre with K7 inks using the standard IJM curves. The short story is that I get serious mottling from 95%K. Brian then tried it out on his 1900 and gets a similar, but not quite as bad, result. If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

Here's my summary at the end of the thread:

I am talking about a different problem with K7 inks, not banding. My problem is with EEF and K7.

If you don't run the gloss optimizer over it you really can't tell what you are getting. You might even need to pump more (or less) of it onto the paper to get the right results. Another option is to do a couple coats of Hahnemuhle protective spray instead of the gloss overprint. I've found that has done a better job and produces a better feeling print than the GO. You do need to let it dry overnight or blow dry it for ~5 minutes before over-printing/spraying. I can't log into the IJM forum right now to see the attachments but will try too look into it more tomorrow.

I all but stopped using gloss/PK papers with Peizography—not that it wasn't good (with the selenium inks), but I have been using the Cone Carbon inks for the past several months and I don't like how brown they are with Canson Platine. When it works, it works beautifully, but I've never seemed to be able to make the shipped piezography profiles work for me or my printers. I've chalked it up to aging or out of spec printers, but it seems more and more people are having similar issues these days (or maybe the issues are just becoming more apparent).

I'm happy for you to look at it, and grateful but you really need to read the thread first. Jon Cone has given up, and so have I. I would like to use Jon's paper but getting it to Australia is prohibitive.