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Re: [Digital BW] Piezo K6 and bottles

2006-08-08 by bjornaagedk

John,

I have an Epson 7000 standing unused (and tubes filled with cleaning fluid) for a few 
months and have thought about loading it with Piezography K6.
The only thing is I like a slightly warmer tone than "neutral", something between neutral 
and PiezoTone Warm Neutral.
Can you or someone else give me some advices on which inks to load, which software to 
use and which paper gives the best print?

Thanks in advance,
Bjorn




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" <deanwork2003@...> 
wrote:
>
> I've been using the K6 in a 7000 for about 6 months and there is no
> clogging and absulutely no ink seperation problems. They went back to
> the woodshed and resolved those issues. I can't speak more highly of
> this inkset. It seems the product of a decade of research. It is the
> best in my opinion as long as you don't need glossy media.
> 
> Now with all rag paper (and especially non-coated exotic rice papers
> and such) your nozzles on Epson piezo machines can and do occasionally
> get clogged. This is due not to the inks but to the fibers of the
> media dislodging and accumulating in the head nozzles. If you brush
> off each sheet of this kind of paper ( I use a drafting brush some use
> cotton gloves, etc) you will be in pretty good shape. 100% cotton
> papers contain a lot of loose cotton dust, and that is just a reality.
> But as far as the Piezo Tone K6/K7 inks go, they are FAR superior to
> Ultrachome in the realm of having to do constant nozzle checks and
> head cleanings. I clean my 9600 with UC 10 times more than my K6
> machine when using rag media.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hans & Chia
> <chiahans@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Roy,
> > 
> > Nice to know that you don't have to flush the printer.
> > As I would like to go a little bit warmer (not split tone) than "dead  
> > neutral" I thought it might be possible to change some of the carts.
> > The question is which to switch and I suppose I have to do a new  
> > linearization as well.
> > Or can you use QTR with the supplied profiles for this purpose?
> > Have you heard anything about clogging or ink separation problems  
> > with K6/7 inks?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Hans
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 6 aug 2006 kl. 16.50 skrev Roy Harrington:
> > 
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Hans & Chia  
> > > <chiahans@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I've decided to load our Stylus Pro 7500 with Piezo K6 and buy it in
> > > > bottles.
> > > > However, when looking at the Inkjet Mall site I'm getting a bit
> > > > confused.
> > > > I can't find any information which shade to exlude from the K7 inks.
> > > > K2, K4 or K7 any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Do we need to flush the printer after only have used MIS UT 1 inks?
> > > > Any guess when the sepia ink comes in bottles?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Hans
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hans,
> > >
> > > You should leave out the lightest ink K7. It's also important which  
> > > ink goes
> > > in which slot (at least if you plan on using QTR with the supplied  
> > > profiles).
> > >
> > > I'd recommend just the Initial Ink Load of the new inks, not  
> > > flushing the printer
> > > with cleaning ink. If you switch to sepia you probably have to do  
> > > this again.
> > >
> > > You'd have to ask inkjetmall when the sepia ink will be in bottles.  
> > > They have the
> > > inks so it should be just a packaging issue.
> > >
> > > Roy
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > 
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> > Hedåsgatan 5
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> > 
> > +46 (0)31 181414
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> > 
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> > 
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> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> >
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