Digital BW, The Print

"Paul" <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
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> ... a little confused by the term "Black Only". I always took it to mean undiluted Eboni ink.

I tend to use the term "black only" to mean printing with un-diluted black ink -- MK or PK.  The 1800 3-MK is a variant of black only in that usage. 

> But if that ink is diluted, as in the setup for the 1400,

There are a number of different 1400 setups that people use.  I've been using one that uses dilute Eboni -- Eboni-6 from MIS -- as well as one of two other inks.  Last year I just had one HP PK in the C position for "black only" glossy printing.  (See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Eb1400.pdf )   This year I've added MIS LK for "sepia" tone on glossy paper (using the HP PK as the K in those images).  (See http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Carbon-BW-2010.pdf for an early draft -- very incomplete.)

Where there is just carbon and no colors, no matter how dilute, I've been calling it "100% carbon pigment," not "black only."

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com