Re: 1200 and MIS six-tone inks

[DStrumpell@aol.com]

On 12/29/99 3:51 PM, epson-inkjet@leben.com wrote

>From:  Patrick@ChronOpsis.com (Patrick Kelley)
>Sender:    owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
>Reply-to:  epson-inkjet@leben.com
>To:    epson-inkjet@leben.com
>Hello all,
>
>I am new to the list, and also new to the sixtone MIS inks.  So far, I
>am disapointed in the quality I've been getting, but it is the sort of
>thing where there is likely some simple thing I am doing wrong.  My
>prints look muddy, with posterization instead of the gradation I was
>able to get printing black-and-white images with the stock epson color
>set.  Are there any standard settings out there for the sixtone set,
>which can be tweaked for different papers?  Anyone else using the MIS
>sixtones with a 1200?
>--
>Patrick Kelley
>
>http://www.ChronOpsis.com
>Patrick@ChronOpsis.com

Assuming you are printing black and white with the MIS sixtone inks, you 
may have to use a different paper - I've had the best results with 
Luminos Soft Suede or Luminos Gallery Gloss. Paper makes a huge 
difference with these inks. Here's some good settings for the "Print" 
dialog:

In the Epson print dialog, set media type to "inkjet back light film", 
inks to "color", space to "greyscale."  Select "custom settings", then 
press the "Advanced" button, then set print quality to "Photo-1400", 
halftoning to "error diffusion", mode to "no color adjust."

You really should be getting wonderful prints - keep posting if your 
results don't improve. 




cheers,



Dale Strumpell
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