Digital BW, The Print

Granted UT7 carts waste ink in cleaning cycles...they're an expensive
luxury. Wish it wasn't so. 

What driver are you using?

If QTR, do you have similar problems with Epson driver or Black-Only? 

I've concluded that with UT7, Epson's driver is FAR better than QTR
for smooth skin tones: as a bonus I waste a LOT less ink, paper, and
tears struggling against microbanding. 

(Epson's driver is also a LOT more photographic/realistic than
Black-Only, since I'm printing scans of film, post processed with CS2,
rather than trying to fake grain with digicam files. My digital
workflow feels like my old darkroom workflow with polycontrast filters)






--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "neilsphoto"
<neilsphoto@...> wrote:
>
> 
> > that the Cyan cart was putting out nothing.  I did 2 cleaning passes
> > and it is barely putting out.  It is 80% full.  Why?  How does it go
> > from perfect to s*&t that fast.  It makes no sense.  I fully expect it
> > to be perfect in the morning.  Why not right?
> 
> 
> So yes this morning the Cyan cart is again flowing.  My theory is that
> after making six 10x7 Carbon toned prints the supply of the Cyan
> position cart was dry.  So I had a Cyan cart, 80% full and yet no ink
> flow to print with.
> 
> UT7 users know that when you go for a Carbon tone and add the Carbon
> curve that it seems like 90% of what you see on screen goes Cyan.  So
> there you go.  Not enough supply for demand.
> 
> Why?  That is the question.  Does the 2200 use vacuum to pull inl? If
> so I have a leak of that vacuum.  If it is where the cart seals to the
> printer it may be dirty. What should I clean it with? Windex?  MIS
fluid?
> 
> MIS tech support has been really lacking.  You guys have my ideas than
> they do.  I wish that weren't so.
> 
> Neil
>