Digital BW, The Print

Dave,

> > It sounds like the ink is correct. Carbon's gamut is very low yellow

> Okay, it sound like I have the correct ink.

> Prints made with this ink [EZ-Warm] instead of K3 Y 
> in a R2400 have significant shift toward red/magenta. 
> This is with the ABW set to Neutral.

> Is this to be expected?

Since the EZ-W has a much lower gamut than the yellow it replaces, if the
ABW controls are left un-changed, the prints will mostly be "cooler" -- that
is, have a shift toward blue.

On the other hand, the EZ-W and all MIS carbon inks do have a positive Lab a
value (a bit red/magenta) compared to the Epson K3 "neutral" inks that have
a negative Lab a (a bit green).  So, if you replaced all the Epson neutral
inks with MIS carbon, you probably would see a bit of a shift toward red or
magenta relative to the Epson ink prints.

I don't have a list of recommended settings for the MIS carbon replacement.
I assumed most users would simply experiment with settings to see what
worked best for them.  

As an example, however, the settings I used for Crane Silver Rag are as
follows: Premium Semi Gloss media type, RPM quality, and ABW at "Darker,"
Shadows -10, and coordinates (-5, 14).  These settings worked when MIS
carbon was used for the Y as well as the LK and LLK positions.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com