Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ken, > ... ?Long ago I printed mono on an Epson 1270 ... and the MIS inksets... > ?It continually clogged ... I think it was the screen in the older Epson heads. Once they went to the 2000P, all the head, whether for dyes or pigments, did not have the problems that a the 1280 generation suffered from. > ... As I recall > this was a set where you could vary from warm to cool tone using the Epson > driver sliders. That sounds like the UT2 inkset. That was probably the most popular of the inksets I designed. It became MIS's largest product the first week it was introduced. (I gave them the design royalty free in order to promote B&W. At the time B&W prints with dyes and pre-LK inksets were just pathetic.) I'm still trying to push B&W to a higher level with my harping on 100% carbon pigments. These prints are a order of magnitude more stable than the blended color + carbon inksets like the UT2 or Cone neutral sets. The Epson K3 and HP Z3100/3200 inkset are about twice as stable as the old blended B&W inksets. (Third party colors are not up to the OEM colors.) The sophisticated testing that has confirmed my carbon harping is at http://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/ . I've summarized some of their results on the first page of http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eboni-4-Plus.pdf . Paul www.PaulRoark.com