[filmscanners] RE: OT - Epson 1270 ink "monitor"...

["Lucans, Gunars" <gunars@spss.com>]

The Epson inkjet resources web page has a section on this.  Go to:

        http://welcome.to/epson-inkjet

and select the "Unk levels" link.  Here's the description for the 1270:

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Ranking of amount of ink various paper settings use on 1270

Most to least
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Photo paper
Backlight Film
Glossy film
Premium Quality Inkjet Paper
Premium glossy Photo Paper
Plain paper
Matte Heavy Weight Paper

as measured on a Densitometer using 0,0,0 and 5,5,5 and 30,30,30 patches on 
02-05-2001.
A couple of the papers cross over each other at different ranges in RGB values. 
 It is
recommended you print Dan Cubertson's CMYK RGB gradients with each media 
setting on your
particular printer on your particular paper stock and observe the evenness of 
the step
wedges.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Entlich [mailto:artistic-1@shaw.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: Lucans, Gunars
> Subject: [filmscanners] Re: OT - Epson 1270 ink "monitor"...
> 
> 
> The glossy papers use a lot of ink.  I'm referring to the Glossy FILM
> option, and the transparency FILM option.  These are plastic 
> with a thin
> receiving layer.  They cannot handle much ink, because they cannot
> absorb it, due to the plastic film substrate.
> 
> Art
> 
> Frank Paris wrote:
> 
> > I can't speak for the 1270, but the 2000c uses 
> approximately twice as
> > much ink on premium luster paper as it does on archival 
> matt. Of course
> > premium luster is not a true glossy paper.
> >
> > Frank Paris
> > frankparis@comcast.net
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
> >>[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk] On Behalf Of 
> Arthur Entlich
> >>Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:40 AM
> >>To: frankparis@comcast.net
> >>Subject: [filmscanners] Re: OT - Epson 1270 ink "monitor"...
> >>
> >
> >>I am not sure the heavyweight matte setting uses the least
> >>ink.  My experience is that the plain paper, glossy FILM (not
> >>glossy or photo paper), or transparency mode use less.
> >>
> >>If a person was to test each on the same paper with text one
> >>will probably be able to determine by looking at the result
> >>which uses less.
> >>
> >>Art
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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