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Re: True B&W prints

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall" <jrandall@...> wrote:
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> --- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "mmcouvie" <mmcouvie@> wrote:
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> > I recently downloaded QTR and am using the curves for Matte and Ilford paper
and trying to find out how to get True B&W prints without any tones. Can someone
help with the right mix of curves to do this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> What printer and inkset are you using? What specific QTR curves are you
using?
>
I am using an Epson 4000 with Ultra Chrome ink.
For Ilford I have tried the curves:

UC-IsSmooth Pearl - Carbon
UC-IsSmooth Pearl -Neutral
UC-IsSmooth Pearl - Sepia

UC-EEnMatte -Cool
UC-EEnMatte - CoolSe
UC-EEnMatte - Sepia
UC-EEnMatte - warm

Thanks









Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:36 pm

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I recently downloaded QTR and am using the curves for Matte and Ilford paper and trying to find out how to get True B&W prints without any tones. Can someone...
mmcouvie
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Jul 9, 2009
11:56 pm

... What printer and inkset are you using? What specific QTR curves are you using?...
Jeff Randall
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Jul 10, 2009
4:53 pm

... I am using an Epson 4000 with Ultra Chrome ink. For Ilford I have tried the curves: UC-IsSmooth Pearl - Carbon UC-IsSmooth Pearl -Neutral UC-IsSmooth Pearl...
mmcouvie
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Jul 10, 2009
7:02 pm

... The factory black/gray inks in the 4000 are not neutral but are a pukey green/yellow tone. So you gotta add color inks to the mix....
John Vitollo
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Jul 11, 2009
1:42 am

... How do I add color inks to the mix?...
mmcouvie
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Jul 11, 2009
2:13 am

... I'm finding this a bit confusing. If you are using the curves, then the colours are already being added - that's what the curves do. What you haven't said...
rgrbrrtt
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Jul 11, 2009
10:45 am

... Sorry for my colloquialism. Adding 'color inks to the mix' means using QTR and it's curves....
John Vitollo
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Jul 11, 2009
3:29 pm
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