Re: CMYKOrGrRB?
Re: CMYKOrGrRB?
- Subject: Re: CMYKOrGrRB?
- From: Douglas Rhiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:41:34 -0700
Thanks for the reply!
I've become more educated from the posts on this subject.
Sorry you have had bad luck with your Roland.
My experience with Roland has been just the opposite.
Fantastic service, my rep is great, and the forum that Roland offers on
their site has been invaluable.
Cheers!
On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at 03:47 PM, email@hidden wrote:
The LC and LM are necessary. The reason Epson is starting to use R and
B and eliminating the diluted C, M and K is because the newer piezo
heads can manage to put a smaller volume of ink on the paper. Your
Roland cannot do this. Epson R800, I believe, is an experiment that
foretells of things to come. CMYKRBKV, matte black and gloss black and
the 8th cartridge holds a varnish, so that gloss prints can be made
with out bronzing....
Roland or none of the third party rips for the Roland have managed to
leverage the Orange and Green inks to increase the gamut to any
significant degree.
it is near impossible to print a target for color management. Also the
black is feeble on the Roland. Epson's current combination of a
diluted black and specific matte or gloss black is much more > effective.
We spoke with the creators of a well know rip software and they
indicated that Roland had discussed with them creating a rip that
would instead use diluted black and perhaps a gloss black instead in
the Or and G channels. We were very interested in this, but before it
could be further explored there was a breakdown with Roland DGA that
has left us with a non-working FJ400 printer.
Roland's dealer and authorized service people, Professional Graphics
here in NY, performed a routine service to the machine that was done
so ineptly that it left the machine inoperable. After spending
several thousand dollars with another service company under Roland's
direction, the problems never disappeared and although Roland DGA told
us they would take responsibility - Roland stopped all communications
and stiffed the repair person. The new head fails to work and Roland
is not honoring the warranty. Roland's legal department instead sent
us a letter, stating that if we called Tech Support or anyone at the
company again they would sue us. !
Incredibly outrageous business practice. They may very well sue me
for bringing this to the lists attention, but I feel strongly that
other Roland users and would-be purchasers have a right to know what
they can expect.
Ulf Skogsbergh
On Sunday, June 27, 2004, at 01:00 PM, Douglas Rhiner wrote:
Theoretical situ:
Would there be any benefit, or what would happen if I were to run my
Roland FJ-500 with an inkset combination of CMYKOrGrRB?
Would the removal of the light-cyan and light-magenta and the addition
of red and blue broaden the gamut of my printer significantly?
How about taking Orange out and replacing with a light-black?
I know epson is playing with red and blue these days....
Any musings on this subject would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Douglas Rhiner
Technical Director / Owner
HIGH MOUNTAIN IMAGERY / IMAGE TAHOE / TAHOE VR
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