Re: Hexachrome on a standard desktop?
Re: Hexachrome on a standard desktop?
- Subject: Re: Hexachrome on a standard desktop?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 18:16:48 EST
Hi David
Thanks for the info!
Just a few queries!
If i try using the lyson ink set, which i believe are conventional dye type
inks compared to pigmented? I would expect to get an improvement in Gamut as
they are brighter in colour?
The use that i am aiming at for the printer is in terms of producing spot
type colour rather than for use in a photography type application so a
hexachrome type set could be useful for my application. I do have access to a
6+ profiling package, so allright there. The Rip i'm not so sure, the Rip
package you can buy for the 2000P i presume isn't a 6 channel system? (sorry
i'm a bit new in this area, so probably asking silly questions!)
The CYMOKG printers you mentioned are trhey teh wider format printers? or are
there printers in the A3, A4 size that use these, or could use these inksets
Thanks G!
n a message dated 3/24/02 10:59:04 PM GMT Standard Time, CDTobie writes:
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Subj:Re: Hexachrome on a standard desktop?
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Date:3/24/02 10:59:04 PM GMT Standard Time
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From:<A HREF="mailto:CDTobie";>CDTobie</A>
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To:<A HREF="mailto:Tvr28";>Tvr28</A>, <A HREF="mailto:email@hidden";>email@hidden</A>
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In a message dated 3/24/02 5:13:44 PM, email@hidden writes:
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>Just interersted in enhancing the colour gamet on my Epson 2000P, various
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>things considerd such as using Lyson inks.
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The one advantage of the slower more expensive 2000p over the 1280/1290 is
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the encapsualted pigment inks... however those inks are the printers
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weakness as well. It a shame to pay for the 2000p, and then make slow
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prints with other inks.
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Just wondering is it possible
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>use Hexachrome ink set on such a printer or similiar (with profiling)?
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This requires a six channel PostScript RIP, special six color profiling
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software, and a fair amount of experience... its not impossible, but when
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you look at the costs involved I doubt you will persue it. Besides, this is
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a six color printer; to add Orange and Green, you lose light Cyan and light
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Magenta, adding a slight improvement to color gamut in a few areas, and
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decreasing image quality instead, since the light inks reduce graininess of
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the image.
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>Or are
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>there similiar types of desktoip printers out there with such a
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capability?
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There are CMYKOG printers available, but generally this is to augment the
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duller colors of pigment or solvent inks, or in the case of the 8 color
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Roland is added in addition to the light inks. The chief advantge to the
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CMYKOG is not for image printing, but for hitting more Pantone spot colors.
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>And are there any ink suppliers that produce ahexachrome set?
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Yes, but while I have tested a couple unreleased CMYKOG sets, there are not
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standard cartridges or mixes for the Epson desktop printers, since without
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a RIP and special profiles they would not be usable.
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By the way the term Hexachrome is registered by Pantone, so is not a
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generic six color description.
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C. David Tobie
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Design Cooperative
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