Digital BW, The Print

From:  Paul Roark 

"No carbon PK will come close to Eboni on matte paper in terms of dmax."

OK, so at least for now, it would appear that my only practical/viable
option for warm(est) tones on watercolor paper are MK for the K slot and
various dilutions of PK (using ONLY MIS's Amber base for dilution) for all
the other slots.

The remaining question then is, with what dilutions should I start?
I recall you saying that because PK is a weaker ink, it requires more
ink:base than MK inks, so I assume the dilutions we talked about earlier in
the thread won't do.

I am going to use the LK, LLK, M, LM and Y slots, leaving the C and LC slots
out of play in my 3800, what PK dilutions would you suggest I start with?

Also, you talk about percentage solutions and I should make sure I'm on the
same page as you.
To me, when you say to use a 10% solution, I think you mean that I should
put 10ml of PK stock into 90ml of Amber base (shaken, not stirred?). Is that
correct?



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