Digital BW, The Print

Hello Chip,

>I printed 2 pics today w. the R800: one B&W using black ink only...
>I'm a bit perplexed.  When I printed black only on the 2200, I 
>found that the prints had a strong warm brownish tone.  This print 
>doesn't look like that at all -- it does have a tone that is not
>"neutral", but it tends toward purple, not brown, 

That's because the R800 can't do true Black Only printing.  It's using
a mixture of color inks.  If you look closely with a loupe you can
probably see dots of other colors.


>I can't remember if the black-only prints I did on the 2200 were 
>with the matte black or photo black...and can you comment on 
>the tone?

BO prints with Photo Black are very warm, and are not quite so warm
with Matte Black (MK also has much better Dmax).  Eboni is less warm
than MK and has equal or better Dmax.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm