Digital BW, The Print

Ernest,

Do you know if the dyes used in the old Epson wide format printers was the
same as the Claria?  I rather guessed it was the old style 1280 class of
dyes.

I know dyes, in general, work in the 4000.  I had a B&W dye inkset in it
for some time with no problems at all.  One issue I have with the K2 ink
setup is whether to simply dilute the Noritsu K to make an LK or whether to
add color dyes as needed to make it more like the original K2 LK.  I'm
inclined to try the straight dilute Noritsu K first.  It's easier, does not
risk some incompatibility, and will cross over into the Noritsu K without
having a change in the hue complicate the profiling.

We'll see what happens.

Paul

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Ernst Dinkla <e.dinkla@onsneteindhoven.nl>wrote:

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> On 12/06/2012 02:41 AM, Paul wrote:
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> >
> > The next major hurtle is whether the easy profiling software that the
> color printer uses will be able to handle a dye in a driver (Epson 4000)
> that was never made with this in mind.
> >
> > It should be a fun project.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
>
> The 4000 was of the 9600-7600 period, the last two existed in a dye
> version too. I think Epson had more difficulty to get the pigment
> profiles correct at that time so Atkinson got involved. But Atkinson
> made profiles for the dye type too. Given similar head technology I do
> not see why profiling Claria on the 4000 would be a problem. The goal
> would be Atkinson profile quality for the Claria :-) You got a grey ink
> less though.
>
>
> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14397&infoType=Downloads&platform=OSF_W_XP-64
>
> BTW, there could still be Metal Silver inkjet film around (PET
> metalised) that is dye only compatible. It was never made for pigment
> ink for the reasons you observed too.
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst Dinkla
>
> http://www.pigment-print.com/spectralplots/spectrumviz_1.htm
> December 2012: 500+ inkjet media paper white spectral plots.
>
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