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Re: [Digital BW] Eboni-6 Variable Tone - (more or less) the same results with 1400 and 3880?

2016-02-26 by Thilo Resenhoeft

Dear Paul,
thanks a lot for your fast answer!
Best - Thilo

Am 26.02.2016 um 17:59 schrieb Paul Roark roark.paul@... 
[DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]:
> They are the same.
>
> (The toner strength difference can be adjusted by the ink limit and 
> looking at the 90% v. 75% dilution ratio.)
>
> The 1400 has a slight advantage in that carts never need agitating, 
> but they again you have to refill them more often.
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.PaulRoark.com>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Thilo Resenhoeft 
> Thilo_Resenhoeft@... <mailto:Thilo_Resenhoeft@...> 
> [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] 
> <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello everybody,
>
>     I'm following Paul Roarks great work on the Eboni-6 Variable Tone
>     inkset
>     with the blue toner
>     (http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-Variable-Tone.pdf)
>     (Thanks for sharing your results, Paul!)
>
>     I've equipped a 1400 with this inkset. Everything works well
>     (using QTR).
>     In addition, I have a 3880 sitting next to my desk. Now my
>     question: Is
>     there any use for having
>     this inkset in a 1400 AND in a 3880? (Right now I don't really need
>     prints greater than 13x19 inch)
>     In other words: Will I see any difference between a 13x19 print made
>     with an 1400 and one from the 3880?
>
>     Of course, the curves are different, the dilution of the toner is
>     different,
>     and the number of ink channels used is different. So I'll have to
>     relinearize the
>     3880 curves for my papers here in Germany, as I did with the
>     curves for
>     the 1400.
>     But besides these points - are there "substantial" differences
>     between
>     Eboni-6 Variable Tone
>     in a 1400 and a 3880? Or will the results be (more or less) the same?
>
>     Thanks for your advice,
>     best wishes from Germany,
>     Thilo
>
>
>

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