Digital BW, The Print

I want to echo Bill's thanks. I posted my first inquiry re this topic two days ago and WOW! 
What a great response. I'm trying to digest all the "electrical speak" and hope to build a 
reliable source within which to preview/view my B&W (some color) ink jet prints.

Many thanks to all who helped (and of course to the administrators).
King


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Bill Morse <whm.lists@v...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Joseph-
> Thanks so much for the great info (are these lists cool or what?)
> 
> Bill
> 
> on 1/10/06 10:13 AM, koloshor wrote:
> 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Bill Morse
> > <whm.lists@v...> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Koloshor:  (Is that your name?)
> > 
> > Hi Bill. Joseph is my name. Koloshor is a title, something to do with
> > saving the universe a while back.
> > 
> >> > What are the 2 bulb ballasts and other 100% ballast factor ballasts
> > that you
> >> > know of?
> > 
> > Tridonic makes a wonderful $70 2 bulb ballast (can't remember the
> > number, and the Tridonic website is a mess) that are programmable, so
> > you can view your work under a variety of conditions. They were a
> > really great ballast, performance wise, but I got rid of mine because
> > they jammed half the remote control devices in the house.
> > 
> > Advance makes a good $40 ballast. If you're an international traveler,
> > their Centium ballasts run on anything from 110-277v, 50-400Hz.
> > 
> > RCN-3P32-SC drives a pair of 32W T8 to 102%
> > RCN-4P32-SC drives three 32W T8 to 100%
> > 
> > ICN-3P32-SC and ICN-4P32-SC can do the same trick, but are dimmable.
> > About $7 per ballast.
> > 
> > Howard Industries (availaible in single units at bulbs.com)has
> > several, and they're actually quite reasonable, about $20 for a 3 bulb
> > ballast.
> > 
> > The high drive ballasts are their EH series. You probably don't want
> > those, they are 114% ballast factor, and your bulbs will definitely be
> > off color and CRI.
> > 
> > It's probably better to use the standard ballasts, with less bulbs.
> > Use a single bulb on an E2 two bulb ballast, two bulbs on an E3 three
> > bulb ballast, etc. Howard specs them to work that way.
> > 
> > E2/32IS-120 will drive a single 32 watt T8 to 102%.
> > E3/32IS-120 will drive two 32 watt T8 to 103%.
> > E4/32IS-120 will drive three 32 watt T8 to 98%.
> > 
> > The Howards have to be bought in either a 110 or 220 version, you
> > can't just jump from country to country with them. On the other hand,
> > they are current regulated, they will also drive shorter or longer T-8
> > bulbs, from 2 foot 17 watt to 5 foot 40 watt.
> > 
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