Digital BW, The Print

Myron,

I'm sure the UT-3D approach would work in the 4880, but there are some
caveats.  First, I don't have any profiles for it.  Second, in K3 printers
I was not impressed with the Epson driver controls.  I think QTR is
necessary for good control in K3 printers.  The gray channel substitution
is too high for the Photoshop curves to have good control.  Third, I don't
recommend blended third party inks for wide format printers.

In terms of stability, I think the UT-3D would be about like other third
party B&W, blended inksets.

If you are proficient with QTR and want a variable tone inkset that can
print matte or glossy, consider
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/4000-6K-Plus.pdf

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:03 AM, MyronG <goch@...> wrote:

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> For a few years I happily used MIS's UT-3D in an Epson 2200. It produced
> image tones that worked well for me, but most importantly, I could switch
> between matte and glossy surfaces without changing cartridges.
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> My 2200 bit the dust some time ago, and I am now using an Epson 4880. The
> 4880 uses a great deal of ink when switching from matte black to photo
> black (because the ink has to be carried through tubes from stationary ink
> cartridges). It would be *really* nice if there was a UT-3D way of enabling
> both matte and glossy printing.
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> I *assume* that I could use UT-3D inks in the 4880. Has anyone worked out
> the curves?
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> The real question: Has Paul or anyone else developed any other ink set
> that allows matte/glossy switching via curves for the 4880? It was never
> clean to me from the description of UT-3D how stable it was compared with
> other ink sets.
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> When I think about the 8 color printers like the 4880, I wonder whether it
> would be possible to replace one of the colors with the "other" black, and
> do a QTR version of ABW. ...although perhaps the ink channels cannot be
> controlled that independently.
>
> Myron
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