I was wondering if anyone had experimented with mixing Claria C, M and Y outside of the printer to make a neutral(ish) grey ink. I was thinkig of using the Claria K, the mixed grey and a diluted grey to make a BW inkset. I know poeple have experimented with diluting the Claria K and reported fading problems. From what I can piece together the K is only really stable in the long(ish) term when it is at maximum density. The Epson drivers certainly seem to only use it at high densities. But it seems that the colour inks aren9;t affected by this weaknes. But I have no idea what the effect of mixing these inks together might be in terms of ink stability in the carts/bottle or print stability. Or in any other terms. Does anyone have any information or experience mixing such a grey ink and diluting it?
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Re: [Digital BW] Is it possible to mix Claria colour inks to make a neutral grey ink?
2015-10-02 by Paul Roark
I never tried to make a gray ink by mixing only the colors. I did mix a blended Noritsu K plus magenta (and base) to make a neutral LK.
I stopped the blending approach when I detected (or thought that I detected) a change in a stored bottle that could was consistent with catalytic fade. It was not a major change in the stored ink and could have even been some "operator error," but I was sufficiently convinced of the possibility of yet another negative issue relating to dyes and I abandoned the blended K plus color approach.
I'd guess that it would be nearly impossible to match the current Epson dye K by merely mixing their colors. If they (which probably means Fuji) could make a better K, they would.
Paul
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 7:41 AM, nigglefish@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote: