Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> > ... EZ warm inks the tone tends towards a sort of pale sepia ...
> 
> I describe it at half way to sepia.  It is warm.  Whether it's the 
shade of
> warmth that one likes is subjective.  I find it very close to 
classic tones
> of older silver prints and platinum.  As the most stable ink, I 
think it's
> an excellent ink for old photo reproductions and 
archiving.  "Carbon on
> cotton" is still the digital archival image champ from what I can 
see.  But
> I would not, of course, use Epson Enhanced Matte paper for this 
purpose.
> 
> > ... if the print is viewed at an angle the ink in the dark 
shadows
> > has a mottled effect, ...
> 
> EEM and a number of other papers have this problem with lots of 
printers.
> It's not unique to the C86.  Among other things, if a matte paper 
is
> overloaded this can happen.  One of the reasons the R220 is at the 
top of my
> list now is that it has a new paper type in the driver (Ultra 
Premium
> Glossy) that optimizes the dmax on a number of papers.
> 
> > ... this is not the case when the ebony ink is used alone for BO.
> 
> My only objection to Eboni only printing is the roughness, which 
is a matter
> of style.  I hope that some day the printers are good enough to 
deliver
> Eboni only that is smooth.  At that point I will likely be a major 
fan of
> the approach for matte papers.  In my next fade test I intend to 
have an
> Eboni sample for comparison.  I expect it to be the standard 
against which
> others should be measured.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>Paul thanks for yours.  Are you saying that the EZ warm inks, 
assuming cotton paper, are as archival as ebony black used alone?   
I only use Epson matt for proofs.  My cotton paper currently is 
Hahnemühle German Etching.  Yes, I agree using four carts makes for 
smoother transitions but at A4 maximum size on the c86 I'm not so 
sure BO suffers that much, of course because I now have the EZ inks 
I'll continue to experiment.