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So, I finally got my 7600 back from the repair shop and I printed a couple of test prints using the FastINK cartridges and I wasn't thrilled with the opacity. Like, it'll work OKAY but it's nowhere as dark as my 3000.
I can't use the Epson dye cartridges because the printer was originally set up with Ultrachrome inks, so short of buying Epson dye cartridges and cracking them open to empty the ink out, does anyone have any suggestions of what to use?
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11-30-2007, 03:14 PM #1
Best Ink for making films on Epson 7600?
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11-30-2007, 06:23 PM #2
RIP. . . that's the only way to get dark dark dark films with an Epson. My 3000 with no rip = terrible prints, 3000 with a RIP = prints so dark I can't see the sun through them. it's not the ink, it's the RIP.
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11-30-2007, 06:25 PM #3
That's not actually true. I get super dark blacks from my 3000 without a RIP, and lots of people here get dark blacks out of 7600s with no RIP. I'm just curious which ink they use.
By the way, did you contact that guy about the Cameo 24?My Gallery of Posters: http://www.popfuel.com/gallery
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11-30-2007, 06:36 PM #4
I know all about the 7600, but Perkins told me he'd kick me in the balles if i told you.
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11-30-2007, 06:38 PM #5
"RIP" in both its meanings!
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11-30-2007, 06:51 PM #6
Set it for backlight film, black only, max resolution, microweave on. Super opaque films with no RIP.
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11-30-2007, 06:54 PM #7
When I was trying some tests, I actually got darker blacks on 720dpi than 1440dpi.
I think the settings are fine, just wondering what everyone is using ink-wise for comparison. I'm convinced it's the ink.My Gallery of Posters: http://www.popfuel.com/gallery
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12-01-2007, 04:37 AM #8
I'm using the Epson Photoblack pigment ink. On the 9600 I have to print uni-directionally to get a good black, on the 9800 you can go bi-directionally. I forget how I made my presetts, they were made so long ago. But I think I to may have started with backlit film and tweaked it from there. No RIP needed either. It's more about the film you use than the RIP.
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