Re: Epson 2200 questions

John,

Well, thanks for this message. The pigment based inks work fine on
Pictorico for printing on textured papers for any of the alternative
processes. However, some of my recent tests with AZO from negatives
on Pictorico indicates a bit more grain or grittiness in the final
output than I find acceptable, so the prospect of running a dye set
in the 2200 for making negatives for AZO is intriguing.

Anyone have a source for a dye based ink set for the 2200?

Sandy

>Greetings all,
>
>Janet, I'm not sure which ink set Sandy is using for Pictorico, but
>I find advantage in using dye inks as opposed to pigment inks when
>printing to Pictorico. I believe (based on past experience printing
>to vellum through an emotionally unstable Epson 3000) you will find
>this true for the Clearprint media, as well. That said, I'm not
>sure Epson even makes a dye set for the 2200, but I'm sure somebody
>does. We're running 2200's and 7600's, and do all of our digital
>negative printing through a 7600 loaded with dye carts.
>
>If you are having specific issues with your results, just post the
>specifics back to the list.
>
>I hope everyone is well and prospering.
>
>-John
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>On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 04:42 PM, Sandy King wrote:
>
>>Hi Janet,
>>
>>
>>Not sure I can help you since I am using the printer with Mac OS
>>10, and I have never printed on Clearprint vellum with it at all. I
>>do print on Pictorico and the key to best performance in Mac is to
>>fool the driver into thinking it is printing on glossy photo paper.
>>This will give you the best possible quality on Pictorico. Should
>>not be a problem in Windows if you just select the Media type to
>>Glossy Photo Paper and the quality to Best Photo or whatever the
>>Windows drivers offers.
>>
>>Be happy to communicate with you more on this if you have more questions.
>>
>>Sandy
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>>I recently purchased an Epson 2200 printer and would like some
>>advice on using it with Pictorico transparency film and non-inkjet
>>papers (in particular - Clearprint vellum) on a Winows platform. I
>>realize this has probably been covered in the list previously, so I
>>would welcome any direct replies off-list as to what settings to
>>use, etc.
>>
>>Thanks for your advice,
>>
>>Janet Matthews
>>
>>janetmatthews@comcast.net
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Received on Tue Jul 20 16:20:09 2004