Digital BW, The Print

I have UT7-PKN plus UT7 plus UT-FSN-Y in the Y position installed on 
R200, same setup as John Moody discussed here some time ago. I used 
this set to prepare curves for QTR. After reading Paul's reply I 
tried to print through Epson driver using color controls, and result 
was pretty good, I would say not worse than my prints through QTR. I 
didn't play with controls, but it is clear that this inkset will be 
very nice in R200/R220 using Paul's workflow. 

On that printer QTR exposes banding on the top 2 inches of page, 
driver prints fine.

Sergei

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> > 
> > Does anyone have any experience using MIS UT or UT2 inks in an 
Epson
> > R200? I have been using UT-FSN in an Epson C86 with excellent 
results.
> > I have created transfer curves for the same ink and paper 
combinations
> > on an R200, but the prints produced are cooler than images 
printed on
> > the C86. A variable tone ink set may solve this problem. The C86
> > prints are really very nice. Too bad the printer isn't better 
made ...
> 
> I currently have UT7 inks loaded in my R220, and they worked very 
well.  I
> omitted the sepia (and, of course, there is not LK), using a 
second light
> carbon (UT7-LC) in the Y position.  With no curves or adjustments 
at all,
> the setup prints just slightly warm on EEM.  With slider controls 
to adjust
> the hue, Create ICC was able to straighten out the ramps, giving 
very good
> images from tones/hues equal to about FS on the warm side (half 
way to
> carbon) and slightly cool on that end.  The hues were very even on 
the ramps
> using this approach.  Curves, of course, can cover the entire 
range from
> carbon to cold with this setup, but they're much more work to make.
> 
> I didn't use UT2 because I thought the setup would be too cold.  
The UT2
> toner is stronger than the UT7 toner.  I used the UT7 ink 
placement for the
> toner and carbon inks in the magenta and cyan positions, 
respectively.
> 
> I have not put anything on my web page about this.  I'm not sure 
MIS is
> interested in supporting it.   You'd have to buy the inks in bulk 
(4 oz.)
> and load your own for this approach -- which is the most efficient 
approach
> anyway.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>