Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Paul,

I had to refer back to your documents on Eboni-6 and Carbon-6 to
understand a little better what you mean. I'm afraid I'm still at the
low end of the learning curve for now, but thanks anyway! For the time
being I'll stick with my 1800 and your 3MK approach. Right after I got
that I read your reviews of the 1400 with just one Eboni cart and I
must say I had a little buyer's remorse! But I figure I've got plenty
to learn with this setup for the time being. I've got MIS' cleaning
fluid in the other five positions and those are OEM Epson color carts
that I can refill easily and economically using the OEM refill kit
that MIS sells.

I'm amazed at how much you are still exploring new techniques, we all
appreciate your work.

Regards,

Paul

> I'm also virtually doing BO printing now also.  In my latest printing 
> I've been using nothing but 100% Eboni MK and the 2% dilution (Eb/C6-
> Y).  
> 
> In the 1400 even 100% BO is very smooth.  When one adds the best of 
> the Eboni-6 or Carbon-6 dilutions -- the 2% (most neutral, smoothest, 
> most physically stable) -- to the 1.5 pl BO capability, it's a very 
> interesting option.  It tends to make an inkset that allows almost 
> continuous sliding between the end points of both the concentrated 
> and dilute printing approachs.  I think this has great promise as an 
> easier and more flexible approach to 100% carbon printing.
> 
> Next I'll take this to 3 positions of each for more smoothness and 
> redundancy.  K2/3, particularly for large format, appears within 
> range of this approach.  My 2200 is going to be pulled from the C6 
> test and put into a 2%-100% test mode.
> 
> There is only one ink to mix, and only 2 bottles to bother with.  
> Both are very stable.  I expect further generic developments, and 
> lots of different types of MKs will probably work.  Epson MK appears 
> to and is just of few Lab Bs warmer than dilute Eboni.
> 
> I've been using QTR and the sliders to control where I want the 
> alternative characteristics of the 2 approaches (Eboni is very 
> neutral, 2% is medium warm.)  The QTR controls allow mixing up to 3 
> profiles and varying which one (for example warmer or more neutral) 
> you want in overweight in different parts of the image ramp (e.g., 
> highlights).
> 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>