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Custom inkset based on HP Vivera PK

Custom inkset based on HP Vivera PK

2013-02-05 by reallybelgium

Hello,

I am a classic dark room printer, taking his first steps in digital printing. I read a lot of information in the last 2 months. I bought an Epson R3000 printer. 

I read about Piezo, MIS and other custom inksets.
I want a high qualty colourless pigment inkset for (semi-)glossy printing.

A professional printer in Holland gave me the advice to mix my own inksets.
(Transport issues, special taxes, price issues when importing, ...)

His advice: mix HP Vivera PK with a medium. (HP Vivera black PK Cartridge, 130 ml mixed with: http://www.octopus-office.de/en/shop/details/c/printer-ink-epson-t0540-t0549/p/ocp-optimizer-for-canon-bc-60-colourless/)

I guess this medium is the same as a 'base', as described in Paul Roark's manuals?!

So I want to use this custom inkset, combined with QTR for maximized control
(I found a similar approach in Paul Roarke's doc about HP-C6).

Now I have this information, but I don't know the mixing quantities, and I don't know how much I need for each cartridge in this 9-cartridge printer.

Can someone help me with making up a table/list with an overview of each cartridge and the mixing quantities in these cartridges?
(I know that I have some work to do afterwards with profiling for QTR).

Is the proposed medium (optimiser) a good product? (See previous link)

Thank you very much!

Ben Albu
Belgium

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