Digital BW, The Print

hi, 
i am using the Epson 4800 and 7600. Now I am wondering, if I should set 
up the 7600 for BW printing only. But I have no Idea what BW-ink-System 
would be the best for the 7600 ?  And what RIP should I use for that ?
Maybe there is anybody who has experiences with the 7600 and BW-
printing.

Thanks

Florian

Florian,

Since you already have a very good b/w system in your 4800, I would 
explore the option of both matte and glossy (RC) printing on the same 
printer.

To do that, you can put the 4800 PK, LK, LLK, LC, LM, and use the 
standard 7600 MK (same as 4800 anyway). That leaves one slot open in 
your 7 slot 7600 printer. If you want the option of sepia prints then 
give the last slot to 4800 Y ink.

This is the most hassle-free way to go. All you have to do is swap the 
inner bladders from the respective carts of the 4800 into the 7600 
carts, and reset the chips.

This system will give you the option of warm to cold prints and many 
interations in between, including "selenium" type toning.

The RIP that would drive the system would be QTR, a $50 program. You 
will need some way of reading density measurements to linearize the 
system.

If you don't care for glossy printing, then by all means explore the 
other options of 3rd party inksets, particularly the MIS FS (quad), or 
even the InkjetMall's various inksets.

Hope this helps.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "roschko_leolevin" 
<g.flo@...> wrote:
>
> hi, 
> i am using the Epson 4800 and 7600. Now I am wondering, if I should 
set 
> up the 7600 for BW printing only. But I have no Idea what BW-ink-
System 

> would be the best for the 7600 ?  And what RIP should I use for that ?
> Maybe there is anybody who has experiences with the 7600 and BW-
> printing.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Florian
>

I'm printing both colour and b&w on a 7600 using QTR RIP for the b&w. 
Only works with matte papers though...

Leon

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "roschko_leolevin" 
<g.flo@...> wrote:
>
> hi, 
> i am using the Epson 4800 and 7600. Now I am wondering, if I should 
set 
> up the 7600 for BW printing only. But I have no Idea what BW-ink-
System 

> would be the best for the 7600 ?  And what RIP should I use for that ?
> Maybe there is anybody who has experiences with the 7600 and BW-
> printing.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Florian
>

> ... I have no Idea what BW-ink-System
> would be the best for the 7600?  

Several of the inksets I've been involved with will run on the 7600.

The MIS UT-7 is a variable-tone inkset that I used on a 7600, both with the
Epson driver and the Bowhaus IJC rip.  See my notes at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/UT7-7600-Readme.htm 


The UT-3D that I'm setting up now I have running on the 2200, and it is
intended to cover the 7600.  It will give easy Lab a* and b* control across
most of the range and most popular papers.  It utilizes the UT7 C & LC, but
the UT7 toner is split, and there will be a new LK. 

The UT inksets like UT7 and UT-3D print on matte or glossy papers without
changing the inks.  The dmax is generated with the dark midtones.  With the
3D on a 2200, this is hitting 2.3 on the Epson Ultra Premium I'm printing at
the moment.  It does not suffer from gloss differential at the dark end, in
part, because there is no sudden change of ink at there.  The UT inks have
very low bronzing.

The UT inks have been the most lightfast I've tested, in part because they
use the minimum amount of color pigments, and the blended inks back the
colors up with carbon, minimizing the visual density loss as the color pigs
fade.

I'm going to color management to match the monitor and print.  I think it is
the easiest way to go.  With the UT-3D I'm using Roy's Create ICC, and there
may be other automatic profiling down the road.  

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com