Digital BW, The Print

Hello all,

I would like to do some BO printing with my Epson 2100 with
the Eboni Black from MIS. But I'm not sure what I need to do
that. Can I order 1) a simple cartridge with the ink from MIS
or do I have 2) to fill the ink myself into an empty cartridge?
If 2), what about the chip resetting? Do I have to order a
chip resetter too or is the cartridge equipped with
an always full chip?

At the moment I don't want to invest much money, because
normally I'm using ImagePrint and the prints are quite nice.
But BO printing seems to be a fine alternative approach. I did
some tests with Epson Matte Black - these prints are quite warm,
one could say brown and Eboni Black is much more neutral I think.

Thanks for all infos!

Ronald
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Hello Ronald,

>I would like to do some BO printing with my Epson 2100 with
>the Eboni Black from MIS. But I'm not sure what I need to do
>that. Can I order 1) a simple cartridge with the ink from MIS

Yes.  For my 2200 I order cart # ARC-T0348-K



>At the moment I don't want to invest much money, because
>normally I'm using ImagePrint and the prints are quite nice.
>But BO printing seems to be a fine alternative approach. I did
>some tests with Epson Matte Black - these prints are quite warm,
>one could say brown and Eboni Black is much more neutral I think.

Eboni is less warm than Matte Black on a given paper.  It can be
anything from warm to neutral depending on the paper.  The papers I
use with BO and Eboni ink, in order of warm to cool, are

Epson Velvet Fine Art - very warm
H. Photo Rag - moderate warm
Hawk Mtn Merlin Smooth - slightly warm
Hawk Mtn Condor BW - neutral, looks really black

Regards,
Clayton


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

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@c...> wrote:
 
> Eboni is less warm than Matte Black on a given paper.  It can be
> anything from warm to neutral depending on the paper.  The papers I
> use with BO and Eboni ink, in order of warm to cool, are
> 
> Epson Velvet Fine Art - very warm
> H. Photo Rag - moderate warm
> Hawk Mtn Merlin Smooth - slightly warm
> Hawk Mtn Condor BW - neutral, looks really black
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton

If you fall into the neutral camp you may also want to try out Premium
or Polar Matte from Red River
(http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/matte.htm). Test images I've
printed on the 60lb. Polar and 50 and 65 lb. Premium matte papers look
the same as those printed on Hawk Mtn Condor BW to my eyes.

Hello Clayton,
> 
> Yes.  For my 2200 I order cart # ARC-T0348-K

Thanks, I will give it a try.
> 
> Eboni is less warm than Matte Black on a given paper.  It can be
> anything from warm to neutral depending on the paper.  The papers I
> use with BO and Eboni ink, in order of warm to cool, are
> 
> Epson Velvet Fine Art - very warm
> H. Photo Rag - moderate warm
> Hawk Mtn Merlin Smooth - slightly warm
> Hawk Mtn Condor BW - neutral, looks really black
 
I'm using only two papers - Epson EEM for the proofs 
and PR 308 for the final output. In Germany it's not
so easy to get good papers. Perhaps I can find a dealer
and test the Hawk Mountain papers.

Thanks again,

Ronald
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Hello Jim,

>If you fall into the neutral camp you may also want to try out
>Premium or Polar Matte from Red River
>(http://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/matte.htm). Test images 
>I've printed on the 60lb. Polar and 50 and 65 lb. Premium matte 
>papers look the same as those printed on Hawk Mtn Condor BW to 
>my eyes.

Ok, thanks for the tip.


Regards,
Clayton


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

Hello Jim,

>Premium or Polar Matte from Red River

I just contacted Red River.  These papers are not 100% cotton, but
they do have others that are, the "Art" series, Polar, Aurora and Lux.
 I ordered samples of these and I will include them in the paper
review article I'm working on for may web site.  Thanks again for the
tip.


Regards,
Clayton


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

Hi... a quick search of the archives didn't give me the answer to this question.  Is it 
possible to use Imageprint with an MIS Eboni black ink cartridge in place of the PK or 
MK cart?

Ed


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" <cj@c...> 
wrote:

> Hello Ronald,
> 
> >I would like to do some BO printing with my Epson 2100 with
> >the Eboni Black from MIS. But I'm not sure what I need to do
> >that. Can I order 1) a simple cartridge with the ink from MIS
> 
> Yes.  For my 2200 I order cart # ARC-T0348-K
> 
> 
> 
> >At the moment I don't want to invest much money, because
> >normally I'm using ImagePrint and the prints are quite nice.
> >But BO printing seems to be a fine alternative approach. I did
> >some tests with Epson Matte Black - these prints are quite warm,
> >one could say brown and Eboni Black is much more neutral I think.
> 
> Eboni is less warm than Matte Black on a given paper.  It can be
> anything from warm to neutral depending on the paper.  The papers I
> use with BO and Eboni ink, in order of warm to cool, are
> 
> Epson Velvet Fine Art - very warm
> H. Photo Rag - moderate warm
> Hawk Mtn Merlin Smooth - slightly warm
> Hawk Mtn Condor BW - neutral, looks really black
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm