Re: Newly installed MIS Inks.

[Paul Bingham <hollow@istar.ca>]

I have been using the MIS archival inks for about three months now.  At
first I was very disapointed with the results. Over 100 prints made with
every conceivable combination of adjustments in the printer driver and
photoshop. Tried the inks on about 10 different papers with poor results.

Started using EZCOLOR to generate profiles.  Now I am very pleased with the
results. The gamut is not quite what you get with the epson inks, but is
quite acceptable.

I get good results on epson paper and archival paper such as Concorde Rag.
Some form of profiling is a must if you want to use archival inks.

Paul Bingham

Jerry Olson wrote:

> To all:
>
> Well, installed the MIS inks today, Not overly impressed, although on
> glossy Epson Paper, I was able to get an acceptable print, and also on
> Media Street's Dual Sided Matte Paper. Watercolor papers were a complete
> failure, even with severe tweaking in photoshop and Epson dialogue
> boxes.
>
> Even with Saturation increased 25% in photoshop, AND saturation at 25 %
> in the epson dialogue box, AND contrast increased 12% AND brightness
> increased 10%, the images on Somerset Velvet were dull and not
> acceptable for color or black and white photos, or digital color images
> that had brilliant colors.
>
> Even on Epson glossy paper, the colors are not really all that
> brilliant, but they are just barely acceptable.
>
> Question: If a custom profile was made, could you get further brilliance
> from these inks? Could this be done while keeping the monitor image
> accurate and correct?  With all these adjustments, the picture on the
> monitor looks garish, and this is no way to work. I eagerly await the
> Fotonic Inks. These are far more brilliant than the MIS inks. I think we
> have all been spoiled by the brilliance of the Epson inks. Also, I
> notice you have to clean the heads far more frequently than you have to
> do with epson inks. Is this normal?
>
> Jerry
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