Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Paul,

I think I'll order two 4 oz bottles for each position, because I envision them not running out all at the same time, and thus painting myself in a corner. I'll get another 16 oz bottle too, so I'll have plenty of base on hand. I'll need a set of carts, of course, maybe two sets. I suppose I'll first load the printer with the supplied color carts, to be sure the printer's working properly. And Epson won't send me a new one if this one is using 3rd party inks. Do I need to flush the system with cleaning carts before I load the black? Seems I read somewhere the lines should clear out the color ink after a few runs and cleaning carts aren't necessary.

I get my 35 ml syringes at a ranch supply store here in Billings... helps to live in cattle country!

So here's what I come up with - how's my math!

K 100 ml Eboni
C  30 ml Eboni + 70 ml base
M  18 ml Eboni + 82 ml base
LC  9 ml Eboni + 91 ml base
LM 33 ml M + 67 ml base 
(should be 33.3 and 66.7, but 33:67 should be close enough, right? Or simpler yet: 30:60 which would give me 90 ml)
Y  33 ml LM + 67 mil base
(likewise)

Again, I'm using the C6b base... I've already mixed a pint (by volume) in fact, am using it in the non-Eboni carts in my R1800.

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:

> If you are mixing 100 ml, syringes are fine.  However, for the lightest
> ones you might want to mix from the darker ones.  For example, 6% is 1/3 of
> 18%, 2% is 1/3 of 6%. So, after you mix the 18% you can use 1:2 ratio
> mixing for the very light inks, mixing the 6% from the 18% and then the 2%
> from the 6%.
> 
> Paul