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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.

UT-FS & UT-FSN CARTRIDGES FOR THE 860 AND 1160
Cartridges prefilled with UT-FS & UT-FSN ink are not yet available for the 860 & 1160 printers. Coming soon.

Printer Models UT-FS & UT-FSN Cartridges for Epson 860/1160

Cartridges Ultratone Price Description

Eboni Black ARC-SO20108-UTK $22.08 Eboni black for use on matte paper only.

Photo Black ARC-SO20108-UPK $22.08 Photo black for use on gloss and semi-gloss paper, not for matte papers.

FS 3 Shade Cartridge UTFS-SO20089 $32.76 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes warm prints.

FSN 3 Shade Cartridge UTFSN-SO20089 $32.76 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes neutral prints.

Note:   Roark's workflow, or the R9 driver is required for making B&W prints with these inks.

UT-FS & UT-FSN CARTRIDGES FOR THE EPSON 3000 PRINTER
Cartridges prefilled with UT-FS & UT-FSN ink are not yet available for the 3000 printers. Coming soon.

Printer Models UT-FS & UT-FSN Cartridges for Epson 3000

Cartridges Ultratone Price Description

Eboni Black ARC-SO20118-UTK $44.29 Eboni black for use on matte paper only.

Photo Black ARC-SO20118-UPK $44.29 Photo black for use on gloss and semi-gloss paper, not for matte papers.

Use Eboni for matte papers and Photo for glossy papers.

UT-FS Yellow Position Cartridge UTFS-SO20122 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes warm prints.

UT-FS Cyan Position Cartridge UTFS-SO20126 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes warm prints.

UT-FS Magenta Position Cartridge UTFS-SO20130 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes warm prints.

FS prints warm and FSN prints neutral

UT-FSN Yellow Position Cartridge UTFSN-SO20122 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes neutral prints.

UT-FSN Cyan Position Cartridge UTFSN-SO20126 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes neutral prints.

UT-FSN Magenta Position Cartridge UTFSN-SO20130 $44.29 For use with Epson driver or R9 driver. Makes neutral prints.

Note:   Roark's workflow, or the R9 driver is required for making B&W prints with these inks.

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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.

UltraTone FS B&W Ink - for Epson 860, 1160 & 3000Printers - Warm Prints

Ink Position 4 oz $18.00 Pint $50.00

Cyan Position- C UTFS-4-C UTFS-PT-C

Magenta Position - M UTFS-4-M UTFS-PT-M

Yellow Position - Y UTFS-4-Y UTFS-PT-Y

Matte Black (Eboni) - K * UT-QUAD-4-K UT-QUAD-PT-K

Photo Black - PK * UT-QUAD-4-PK UT-QUAD-PT-PK

4 Inkset with Eboni Black
and UT-FS (C,M,Y,K) $72.00 $200.00

FSEK4-4-SET FSEKPT4-SET

4 Inkset with Photo Black
and UT-FS (C,M,Y,PK) $72.00 $200.00

FSPK4-4-SET FSPKPT4-SET

Note:   Roark's workflow, or the R9 driver is required for making B&W prints with these inks.

UltraTone FSN B&W Ink - for Epson 860, 1160 & 3000Printers - Neutral Prints

Ink Position 4 oz $18.00 Pint $50.00

Cyan Position- C UTFSN-4-C UTFSN-PT-C

Magenta Position - M UTFSN-4-M UTFSN-PT-M

Yellow Position - Y UTFSN-4-Y UTFSN-PT-Y

Matte Black (Eboni) - K * UT-QUAD-4-K UT-QUAD-PT-K

Photo Black - PK * UT-QUAD-4-PK UT-QUAD-PT-PK

4 Inkset with Eboni Black
and UT-FSN (C,M,Y,K) $72.00 $200.00

FSNEK4-4-SET FSNEKPT4-SET

4 Inkset with Photo Black
and UT-FSN (C,M,Y,PK) $72.00 $200.00

FSNPK4-4-SET FSNPKPT4-SET

Note:   Roark's workflow, or the R9 driver is required for making B&W prints with these inks.

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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.

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.

   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.

   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
Geo Data Systems

We have an alliance with a company called Geo Data Systems. GeoDataSys has made it one of their missions to round up all new, un-sold Epson printers and offer them for sale. They are an authorized Epson dealer.
Epson 1160's are very hard to find. There are no new ones left in the USA according to GeoDataSys. Used versions can sometimes be found on EBay or UBid websites.
The 860 (letter size version of 1160) is in stock at Geo Data Systems. The price, last time we checked was $169. These are brand new units, with warranty.

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