[Leica] MIS UT2 inks printing too light

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Peter, I saw your messages on the Digital B&W list. All I can say is that I 
have been buying and using the UT2 ink for the last few months, including a 
couple new cartridge just a few weeks back and there has been no problem on 
my 1280.


Good luck.

At 02:02 AM 9/9/2006, you wrote:

>Anybody else here use the MIS Ultratone inks for B&W printing?  I use MIS 
>UT2 with an Epson 1280 and the Paul Roarke curves.  Picture Window Pro, 
>calibrated monitor, no other color management enabled.  I've been using 
>this setup for over 2 years with no problems.
>
>Two UT2 greyscale cartridges acquired about a month ago print too 
>light.  I literally printed a good print using an old cart, changed carts, 
>got a good head test pattern, and printed again. Same file, in the same 
>session of the same software.  It printed too light, with washed-out 
>highlights where there had been beautiful, smooth detail before. It's like 
>everything above medium-dark gray has been bumped up 5-10% in brightness.
>
>Since then, I've gotten consistently bad results on all files I've 
>tried--too light, and a bit too blue.  I've checked everything--driver 
>settings, monitor calibration, that all other color managment is turned 
>off.  Everything looks right, and all my quadtone prints are too 
>light.  Note that I can print "BO" (black ink only), and that works just 
>fine.
>
>MIS exchanged the first cart for another with the next lot number in 
>succession.  Same problem.   Now they want me to send them drawdowns.  Due 
>to some major projects at work, I had to let things slide for a while.
>
>I've heard rumblings on the Yahoo Digital B&W group about some problems 
>with a supplier of one of the light grey inks, which might explain 
>things.  But I can't get a straight answer out of MIS.
>
>Anybody else have any info that might shed light on the problem?
>
>--Peter

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