Digital BW, The Print

Walker and CD,

Thank you for your reply. I should have better defined 'full strength" C and M. I was trying to distinguish them from LC and LM inks. It is my understanding that C and M are not used for getting to correct tone; rather LC and LM are used (along with K, LK, LLK, and Y of course).

I just looked at a "warmish" ABW print under a stereomicroscope, and at low print densities, the dots of cyan and magenta were all very similar in density. But I was not able to see color quite as readily at high print densities. The reason for my asking is rather convoluted, but I am happy to elaborate if there is any interest.

Regards.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Walker Blackwell <forums@...> wrote:
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> I don't know. But generally there are even amounts of all color ink (slightly less yellow used) that go down during long extended (200+) printing sessions using ABW on the 4800. Color ink goes down 1/2 as fast as K ink. This is just my personal experience running labs. Don't know about how much during toning. I don't think "full strength" C or M is ever used in ABW whatever "full strength" means.
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> QTR primarily uses LK as the workhorse ink. MK second. LLK third. (depending upon your setup.) QTR probably uses 1/2 or less as much color ink as ABW.
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> Walker
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> On Apr 23, 2010, at 4:26 PM, shileshjani wrote:
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> > Hello All,
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> > Does anyone know the ink usage with ABW in a 4800 printer? Specifically, I would like to know if full strength C and M inks are used within +/- 20 points of the color wheel tint picker.
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> > Thank you & regards.
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> > Shilesh
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