Digital BW, The Print

On 2013-07-29, at 9:43 AM, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:

> What papers, gloss and otherwise, have you (others, please chime in) seen
> carbon inks go completely sepia on?

Canson Platine works very nicely, and it has an excellent Dmax with MIS PK (around 2.40). I get Lab b* values that peak around 14. This is my standard gloss paper and I can easily print what most would consider sepia with it. If you'd like a graph of the Lab response from 0 to 100, or a file for soft proofing to see how it looks on your screen, please let me know. 

My standard matte paper is Epson Hot Press Natural. Unfortunately I don't recall the b* value peaks at the moment but I would characterize a carbon print on this paper as "warm" rather than "sepia".

One caution. You might get some Dmax surprises on gloss with MIS PK. Hahnemuhle's Harman Gloss Baryta, which was my Dmax champion with other inks, only gets to 2.14 with MIS PK. Sample packs are always a good idea. 

Terry.