Digital BW, The Print

For light color inks I use the following dilution percentages:  30% dark
ink, 70% clear base.

(You'll note that in the "2K2LK" 1400 setup I used a dilution of 1:2
(33.3%) for the LK.  This was just to make it easier to do without scales.
 I don't know what such a ratio for the light color inks would do with the
profiles.)

For the Claria dyes, use the generic dye base.  See, for example, footnote
4 on page 1 of
http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/1400-Claria-Noritsu-2K2LK.pdf .

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 7:59 AM, remononaz1 <homershannon@...> wrote:

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>
>
> All issues with the 1400 / 1430 cartridges aside, Paul, I'm very
> interested in your comment about diluting light magenta ink:
>
> "You might want to just pull the colors out of the 1430 Claria carts and
> put it in the MIS carts. If you buy the Claria M (no LM), after you dilute
> it with the generic base (30% Claria M to 70% base), the cost of the LM
> becomes quite reasonable."
>
> I find that the light magenta and light cyan inks are the ones that get
> used up fastest followed by black and yellow. Full strength magenta and
> cyan last forever.
>
> What would the dilution for light cyan be? Which of your base solutions
> should be used in this?
>
> Also, I find that the blues of skies and water with MIS color inks tend to
> be a bit green. Even if I only use the Epson ink for the light cyan, it
> would improve the look of using third-party MIS inks. (In the 1400, which
> does not seem to care what mix of cartridges I put in it!!!)
>
>  
>


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