Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

I've had a slight rethink with regards to my choice of inks for the 
R220 that I hope to be setting up this weekend with UT-3D, i'd 
really appreciate your opinion on my choice of inks:

C
LC
M
LM
Y
LK

I was thinking that maybe the use of the dual gray approach with the 
Toners might give me sufficient dmax, the LK would help with my 
highlight smoothness and the Y will let me play around with the Lab 
a* axis.

Jamie.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Jamie,
> 
> > ... your write-up on UT-3D that's got me all fired up again.
> 
> I'd become discouraged about the UT-3D inkset with all the 
production and profiling disappointments.  But, now it looks like it 
might finally realize the potential I was aiming at.  The MIS 
production batch I received a couple of weeks ago was good, and now 
with ColorVision's software apparently able to profile the inkset, 
it's really got me excited about it again also.  The thought of a 
dedicated B&W inkset that can be manipulated like a color inkset 
might be very interesting indeed.  I'll be testing the latest 
PrintFIXPro software with it as soon as I can. (It's downloading as 
I write this.)
> 
> >What ink configurations are people using with the R1800 -
> > perhaps UT7 or a custom mix?
> 
> The 1800 is different than the printers I've worked on.  So, it 
really needs a different approach to optimize it.  I think Cone has 
a monotone for it, but, as is obvious, I'm not a fan of inflexible 
inksets.  Right now I have not recommendation for it.
> 
> > I take it that with the R2400, UT-3D works OK?
> 
> Yes, although it'll be interesting to see how the K3 with Y=EZW 
compares to the 3D in terms of quality and flexibility.  I had 
originally thought of the 3D inkset as for 6 and 7 ink printers.  
The 2400 was just sort of tacked on. It works fine with it, but it 
remains to be seen whether that is the optimum B&W use of that 
machine.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>