Paul,
So, the M-LM and C-LC Epson ink dilution ratio is approximately 30% dense ink to 70% clear base. Eboni-6 uses the same ratios for these same ink positions.
Damn, and me out of Bourbon!
I still don\u2019t get it. And it seems (above) that you are saying that four ink positions (M, LM, C and LC) in the Eboni-6 set all have the exact same dilution gray ink in them?
I don\u2019t follow. OEM M, LM, C and LC can\u2019t be all the same dilutions, can they?
Maybe it would help to know the dilutions of all the Eboni-6 inks and those of the OEM inks. Can you tell us what they are?
You also seem to be saying that when a grayscale image is sent to an Epson driver in a printer with OEM inks in it, that all inks are used equally in order to get a grayscale image?
That might explain my observation the other day when my gray OEM inks failed, that there was a lot of Cyan ink underneath very dark areas of a monochrome (brown) print.
But then, I look at this sentence:
The main question I had with the beta Carbon Variable Tone inkset is whether the driver could handle a second K in the Y position.
… And I am right off the rails again. Isn\u2019t the OEM driver laying down a very low density ink here? Then I would think the heavy black would throw everything off?!
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