Digital BW, The Print

Thanks very much Paul... actually I've seen both those terms used around here and I wasn't aware of that nuance. Your clarifications help a lot!

I just checked our forum's "files" section thinking I might find some sort of glossary. Most of those files are dated around '03, and it would be great if some sort of updated glossary was there for those of us still on the low end of the learning curve. Maybe there is such a file there and I missed it.

There are so many abbreviations and terms that are in use here, and I must confess I'm hesitant to jump in on a thread and say "hey, what's that mean?" Please understand I'm not putting this on you, you've got enough to do. But perhaps some guardian angel will do that for us!

Paul


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> "Paul" <paulmwhiting@> wrote:
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> > ... a little confused by the term "Black Only". I always took it to mean undiluted Eboni ink.
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> 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. 
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> > But if that ink is diluted, as in the setup for the 1400,
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> 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.)
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> Where there is just carbon and no colors, no matter how dilute, I've been calling it "100% carbon pigment," not "black only."
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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