Digital BW, The Print

People have reported 1.83 on Epson Velvet Fine Art here with Epson MK.   I
agree with Shilesh, Epson ink performs the best on Epson papers and MIS
Eboni performs the best on third party papers, generally speaking.  If
InkVillage posts reasonable longevity tests for the Nanochromes they will
then be worth considering.  I've measured 2.0 on HPR308.


> From: Shilesh Jani <shileshjani@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:40:55 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: The best black in with UC?
> 
> MIS Eboni will give you better black (Dmax ~1.70) then Epson MK (Dmax
> ~1.63) with the Hanhnemuhle line of papers. The OEM MK is just fine (if
> quite a bit warmer) on Epson papers (EEM, VFA Dmax ~1.67 to 1.70).
> 
> Welcome back.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tflyfish2002"
> <barry@s...> wrote:
>> 
>> I have been away from B/W printing for a while, two years I think!
>> The reason I gave up was the Cone inks that I used all turned green,
>> leaving me with a lot of useless prints which I still have a few of
>> and a bad taste in my mouth.
>>  I would like to "Bite the Bullet" and restart with my 2200 and either
>> Imageprint or QTR. The question is what ink to use? I would like to
>> stay with the Epson inks for all but the black.
>> What would you recommend to use in it's place?  I am looking for a bit
>> more Dmax than the Epson mk black.  I am no stranger to refilling
>> cartridges.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Barry