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Epson 860, 1160 & 3000 Printers
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The Ultratone FS and FSN inks are the upgrade to the older FS and FSN inks that were designed to
work with the Epson driver or the R9 driver. These
upgraded inks have the same tonality of the older inks, but the fade resistance is significantly
better. FS is a warm tone ink, and FSN is neutral. These are not variable tone inks.
Caution: The new UT-FS and UT-FSN inks will not mix with the older FS and FSN inks.
When using cartridges on the 860 or 1160, no cleaning or flushing is necessary. When used with
Continuous Flow or for Refilling, new virgin empty cartridges are required. When using
cartridges with the 3000 or any wide format printer, flushing with MIS Cleaning cartridges
is mandatory before installing the UT-FS or UT-FSN cartridges.
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ULTRATONE BULK INK FOR THE 860, 1160 AND 3000
The MIS UT-FS and UT-FSN inks for the 860, 1160 & 3000 printers are available in 4 oz and pint bottles. Click on
the blue part number links to order.
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CONTINUOUS FLOW SYSTEMS FOR THE 860, 1160 AND 3000
If you are a frequent printer or doing some production work, then we recommend you purchase a MIS Continuous Flow System
for your 860, 1160 or 3000 printer. This will save you a tremendous amount of money. The cost to operate a CFS is at least 10
times less than using cartridges. If you only print occasionally, then do not get a CFS. We recommend our
AUTOPRINT program (see CFS Page- halfway down) to prevent problems from occuring.
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Continuous Flow System with UltraTone B&W Ink - for Epson 860, 1160 & 3000 Printers |
| Printer Model |
Part Number |
Description |
Price |
| Epson 860 |
CFS-860-E |
Empty CFS for 860. Purchase ink separate. |
$68.50 |
| Epson 1160 |
CFS-1160-E |
Empty CFS for 1160. Purchase ink separate. |
$68.50 |
| Epson 3000 |
CFS-3000-E |
Empty CFS for 3000. Purchase ink separate. |
$140.00 |
For more information about these CFS units, go to the available CFS Page.
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WORKFLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Making Prints with MIS Ultratone FS and FSN Inks on an Epson 860, 1160 or 3000
Here is Paul Roark's workflow for making B&W prints with MIS UT-FS and UT-FSN inks. These inks are not
variable tone inks. The FS ink produces warm prints, and the FSN produces neutral prints. The Epson driver can
be used by applying one of Paul's workflow curves, or the R9 driver can be used. The curves were created by
Paul and they are free. Follow the steps outlined below and you will end up with a beautiful B&W print.
Read Paul's 1160-UTFS Readme file. These are the notes he supplied
for using the UT-FS and UT-FSN inks.
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Going Beyond Perfect -
Be sure to let the print dry before judging the color or tones. If you need a good stepwedge
to work with, you can download the one we use.
If you would like to know more about how the Photoshop Curves are constructed, you can read the information provided
by one of our "expert customers", Dirk Hobman. Dirk explains how to make curves for the MIS UltraTone
B&W inks. Plus he offers a couple of graphic forms for keeping track of the data that is gathered in the process.
To read his article on B&W curve making, download this file... hobman.zip.
There is an excellent forum called
Digital B&W, The Print. The forum discusses all digital technologies related to
making monochrome prints from digital sources, including the MIS ink sets and
workflows. If you are using MIS inks or plan on using them, this is a great place to
find additional information and to contact current users.
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Information about the Inks
If you are using matte paper, then put in an Eboni black cartridge (ARC-SO20108-UTK). If you are using glossy or
semigloss paper, put in a Photo black cartridge (ARC-SO20108-UPK). The 3 inks in the color cartridge do not have
to change, they will work on matte or glossy papers. Do not use MIS Universal black (MK). The
fade resistance of MK is not adequate for making archival prints.
Caution: The new UT-FS and UT-FSN inks will not mix with the older FS and FSN inks.
When using cartridges on the 860 or 1160, no cleaning or flushing is necessary. When used with
Continuous Flow or for Refilling, new virgin empty cartridges are required. When using
cartridges with the 3000 or any wide format printer, flushing with MIS Cleaning cartridges
is mandatory before installing the UT-FS or UT-FSN cartridges.
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WHICH PAPER TO USE
Epson Enhanced Matte
Epson Archival Matte
Epson Ultrasmooth or Scrapbook
Hahnamuhle Photo Rag
Crane's Museo
The best results on the 860 and 1160 are on Matte papers. Epson Photo Glossy, Premimum Glossy or Luster can be used, but we like the
matte papers better.
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WHERE TO BUY ONE OF THESE PRINTERS
 Epson Stylus Color 860
Epson 1160's are very hard to find. There are no new ones left in the USA that we know of. Used versions
can sometimes be found on EBay or UBid websites.
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